Multiple Choice
When Watson was at the Bar of Gold, he CAME BY/CAME ACROSS/FOUND OUT/CAUGHT UP ON Holmes, who was working on a case.
Isa Whitney could not _______ rid of his opium addiction.
GET
Kate was _____ that her husband would come back safe and sound. HOPE
HOPEFUL
Neville Saint Clair caught the 5.14 train back home every evening. (USED)
Every evening Neville Saint Clair _____ the 5.14 train back home.
USED TO CATCH
Explain: ‘People who were in trouble came to my wife like birds to a lighthouse.’
IRRESISTIBLY ATTRACTED (or similar)
The owner of the Bar of Gold prevented everyone FOR/ABOUT/OF/FROM going upstairs
FROM
‘It was not my wife _____ I was worried _____. It was the children,’ Mr Saint Clair said.
WHO/THAT – ABOUT
Kate was _____ of the Malayan servant. (SUSPECT)
SUSPICIOUS
‘I last saw Isa two days ago,’ said Kate. (FOR)
‘I _____ two days,’ said Kate.
HAVEN'T SEEN ISA FOR
His friend owed twenty-five pounds but he was unable to pay his _____ .
DEBT
‘Please forgive me TO CALL ON /ABOUT CALLING ON /OF CALLING ON /FOR CALLING ON so late,’ Kate Whitney said.
Boone’s prison cell was the third one _____ the right down the passage.
Dr Watson and his wife were sitting ____ at home when Kate Whitney burst in. (COMFORT)
COMFORTABLY
Cripples are often very strong. (COMMON)
It is _____ very strong.
COMMON FOR CRIPPLES TO BE
What word completes both gaps?: ‘Along the edge of the river the ground is dry at low _____, but at high _____ it is covered by at least 4.5 feet of water.’
TIDE
The beggar GOT AWAY WITH/GOT OUT OF/CAME OUT OF/WALKED AWAY FROM Mr Saint Clair’s ‘murder’ because there had been no crime at all.
GOT AWAY WITH
Mr Saint Clair was able to make good use _____ his make-up skills. In fact, his knowledge of the matter helped him a _____ deal
OF - GREAT/GOOD
Cripples look weak but some of them show great _____ . (STRONG)
STRENGTH
The opium smoke was so thick that it was impossible to see through it. (SUCH)
It was _____ it was impossible to see through it.
SUCH THICK OPIUM SMOKE THAT
Act this out: ‘In his eagerness he seized it from her quite rudely, smoothed it out on the table, and examined it very thoroughly.
Sts’ performance must be clear enough to show the meaning of the sentence as a whole and of each word/phrase in bold
The beggar wasn’t ACCUSED/BLAMED/CHARGED/APPOINTED with murder in the end.
CHARGED
Neville placed himself in one of the busiest streets in London and ______ to be a match seller.
PRETENDED
What was Boone’s _____ in Neville Saint Clair’s _____? Had he killed him? (INVOLVE – APPEAR)
INVOLVEMENT-DISAPPEARANCE
Mr Saint Clair was no longer there when the police arrived. (TIME)
Mr Saint Clair _____ the police arrived.
HAD LEFT/GONE/DISAPPEARED BY THE TIME
Act this out: ‘At first he (Holmes) walked unsteadily, with a bent back, but after the first few streets he straightened up and laughed loudly.
Sts’ performance must be clear enough to show the meaning of the sentence as a whole and of each word/phrase in bold