Vocabulary
Famous Detectives
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TV Shows
Grammar
100
If you like to read, you might have one of these in your house to store your precious...readable things.
Bookcase
100
Detective that travels with his friends in the Mystery Machine solving mysteries. Maybe...the only non-human detective in this game!
Scooby Doo
100
If you want to get into your house, you need to put this little metal thing into this small opening in the door.
You put your key in the keyhole.
100
TV show set in a tropical paradise in the USA.
Hawaii 5.0
100
In reported speech, you transform the present (simple) tense into the...
Past (simple) tense
200
If you want to elevate your legs, use this piece of furniture.
Footstool
200
Famous English detective that lives at 221B Baker Street, London.
Sherlock Holmes
200
You use this everyday object in the morning to make sure the stuff on your head is not a complete disaster.
Hairbrush
200
Crime TV series with shows set in Las Vegas, Miami, and New York.
CSI
200
If you see the words LAST MONTH in a sentence, in reported speech you must say...
THE MONTH BEFORE
300
Smokers tend to ask for one of these when they go to have a drink at a terrace. Disgusting!
Ashtray
300
America's "oldest" teen girl detective, her books were popular in the 1940s.
Nancy Drew
300
Most people prefer that their kitchen countertops are made of this material (it's a metamorphic rock, so it lasts a long time).
Marble
300
Spanish TV series that follows crime and high schoolers at a fancy private school in Madrid.
Elite
300
Put the sentence into reported speech:
I'm painting my house today.
He said...
He said he was painting his house that day.
400
These might start to creak if you live in an old house. It certainly makes going to the kitchen for a glass of water a noisy occasion...
Floorboards
400
This TV detective was peculiar due to his OCD and many phobias.
Monk
400
Phrasal verb that means: care for
Look after
400
The detectives at the BAU solved crimes each week until this show, which generally focused on serial killers, ended in 2020.
Criminal Minds
400
Put the sentence into reported speech.
We sold our beach house last month.
They said...
They said they had sold their beach house the month before.
500
Many people keep plants here because it's the best place in the house for direct sunlight.
Windowsill
500
This detective, who was actually a cyborg, stopped the evil doings of his nemesis with tons of...devices.
Inspector Gadget
500
Phrasal verb that means: discover, usually accidentally
Come across
500
This likeable character was a cop by day, serial killer by night. Its 9th season was just confirmed for release this year.
Dexter
500
Put the question into reported speech.
Can you remember last night clearly?
They asked him...
They asked him if he could remember the previous night clearly.