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A Scandal in Bohemia Photocopiable PENGUIN READERS Activity worksheets LEVEL 3 Teacher Support Programme A Scandal in Bohemia Photocopiable A Scandal in Bohemia b Soon after 10 o’clock Homes went to Coburg 1 Answer these questions. Square with Scotland Yard Inspectors because a Why does Dr Watson visit Holmes? he knew …………………………………… . b Why does the King of Bohemia visit Holmes? c Holmes realised that Spaulding was actually c What does Holmes find out about Irene Adler John Clay ………………………………….. when he dresses as a driver? d Holmes caught John Clay, but his partner was d What does Holmes want Watson to do at able to run away. Holmes was not worried Briony Lodge? because ……………………………………. e How is Holmes dressed when he goes to e Holmes discovered that John Clay spent most Briony Lodge? of his time at Mr Wilson’s shop underground 2 Write down five things that tell Holmes that ……………………………………………. his visitor is the King of Bohemia. 8 Who thought this and when? 3 What happened first? Put these sentences in a ‘It is a lot of money for a simple job. I’ll take order. it!’ a c There is a fight. b ‘This is one of the strangest and craziest b c People carry Holmes into Irene’s house. stories I’ve ever listened to!’ c c Irene Adler’s carriage arrives. c ‘Thirty and a white mark … Why do I feel d c Holmes finds out where the photo is. I know the man?’ e c Holmes, who is dressed as a priest, goes to d ‘Who are these two? What do they want?’ help Irene. 9 Write right (3) or wrong (7). f c Watson throws the smoke bomb and a Inspector Merryweather had nothing to shouts ‘Fire!’ do on his Saturday night. c 4 Write down what you think about Irene. b Homes took all the men to Coburg Is it a surprise to you that the only person ever to Square because he did not know where beat Holmes is a woman? Why/why not? the crime would happen. c The Red-Headed League c Holmes took his gun with him to Coburg Square. c 5 What are the names of these people? d Watson and Holmes were able to catch a He works for Mr Wilson. John Clay. c b He started the Red-Headed League. c He has a shop in Coburg Square. The Boscombe Lake Mystery d He asks Mr Wilson to copy the dictionary. 10 Answer these questions. 6 Choose the right words. a Why do the police think that Charles a Mr Wilson and Mr Holmes were surprised / McCarthy’s son killed him? worried that Mr Spaulding spent such a long b Does James McCarthy say that he killed his time in the underground room. father? b Mr Ross told Mr Wilson that he had to copy c What did James see about 30 feet from his a dictionary / a book. father’s body? c After Mr Wilson told his story to Homes and d Why did James have a fight with his father? Watson, they both laughed / were surprised. e What good news does James hear from his d Watson and Holmes went to the concert in a ‘wife’? carriage / on foot. 11 How does Holmes know that …: 7 Finish the sentences. a the stone was used to kill Mr McCarthy? a After the concert, Holmes tells Watson that b the man who killed McCarthy uses his left they should meet at Baker Street at ten and hand? that he should bring a ………………… c the man who killed McCarthy has a bad right because ……………………………………. leg? d the man who killed McCarthy is tall? c Pearson Education Limited 2008 A Scandal in Bohemia - Activity worksheets 1 of 2 PENGUIN READERS Activity worksheets LEVEL 3 Teacher Support Programme A Scandal in Bohemia Photocopiable 12 Write right (3) or wrong (7). b Horner was known to the police because a Turner did not want his daughter to ……………………………………………. marry McCarthy’s son. c c When Watson and Holmes caught the little b McCarthy wanted to meet Turner in the man ………………………………………. forest. c The Single Man c McCarthy and his son were planning to 16 Find five mistakes and correct them: kill Turner. c Robert Simon is the son of the Duke of Windsor. d Young McCarthy saw Turner kill his He is forty-two years old and plans to marry father. c Hatty, the second daughter of a rich Australian. e Young McCarthy will stay in jail. c On the day before the wedding, Hatty jumps in 13 Finish the sentences. the lake. a Young McCarthy thought that he could not 17 Write right (3) or wrong (7) or does not marry Miss Tuner because he was ………… . say (?) b The last two things that McCarthy said were a After the wedding, Lord Simon will have ……………………………………………. a lot of money and Hatty Doran will get c Turner was a tall man who walked slowly a title. c because …………………………………… . b Lord Simon was worried because he d Turner told Holmes that he was very ill and thought someone killed his wife. c that ………………………………………… . c Lord Simon told Holmes and Watson e Holmes promised Turner that if …………… . that all the stories in the newspapers were The Blue Diamond false. c 14 Match a–g and 1–7 to make sentences. d Holmes knew Hatty Doran was not in a Peterson was walking along Goodge Street the lake because he found her wedding ….. dress on a bag inside the lake. c b A chicken and a hat ….. e Hatty Doran said that when she wanted c Peterson looks like a policeman ….. to marry Frank, her father refused so they d Peterson is very excited ….. married in secret. c e The police think Horner stole the diamond The Copper Beeches ….. 18 Who says this? Who to? Why? f Holmes knows that Henry Baker did not steal a ‘I don’t like short hair.’ the diamond ….. b ‘We shall see her again very soon.’ g Holmes makes Mr Breckenridge angry ….. c ‘Will you go and put it on?’ 1) because he once stole money from a hotel d ‘There’s a man on the road looking at Miss room. Hunter.’ 2) when he saw two men attack a tall man. 19 Answer these questions. 3) so that he tells him where he bought his a Why does Mr Rucastle say to Miss Hunter, ‘If chickens. you do, I’ll throw you to the dog.’? 4) because he finds a diamond in the b When Mr and Mrs Rucastle and Mr Toller are chicken. out, Holmes, Watson and Miss Hunter go 5) because he only wants to eat the chicken. into the upstairs room. What do they see? 6) because he is dressed as a hotel doorman. c How does Watson save Mr Rucastle? 7) were left on the ground. d Why doesn’t Alice Rucastle’s father want her 15 Finish the sentences. to marry Mr Fowler? a The famous blue diamond was stolen from …………………… at the …………………… . c Pearson Education Limited 2008 A Scandal in Bohemia - Activity worksheets of 2 PENGUIN READERS Progress test LEVEL 3 Teacher Support Programme A Scandal in Bohemia Photocopiable A Scandal in Bohemia d Mr McCarthy’s son heard his father crying out 1 There are mistakes in these sentences. Write the ‘Cooee’ / ‘Help’ so he ran towards him. correct information. e When young McCarthy found his father by the a When Sherlock Holmes sees the King of Bohemia lake it was clear he was terribly angry / badly hurt. for the first time, he is surprised by his hat. f When Holmes and Watson arrived in the town of b Irene Adler was a famous dancer. Ross, they were driven in a carriage / took a train. c The King needs Irene Adler to give him back the The Blue Diamond ring he gave her. 5 Write right (3) or wrong (7). d Irene Adler never stops loving the King. a The men attacking Mr Baker thought that e Finally Irene decides to give the photograph back to Peterson was a policeman. c the King. b Sherlock Holmes knew about the blue diamond The Red-Headed League because Inspector Lestrade told him. c 2 Write right (3), wrong (7) or it does not say (?) c Sherlock Holmes thought that Baker had a There were very few men at Fleet Street who stolen the diamond. c wanted to work for the Red-Headed League. c d Baker told Holmes that he bought the chicken b When Mr Wilson decided to start working for from a hotel owner. c the Red-Headed League, he needed someone to e Beckenridge told Holmes that he still had some look after his shop. c chicken. c c Mr Ross came to see Mr Wilson every day to f When Holmes showed the diamond to Ryder check on his work during the first two months. c the little man practically fell to the floor. c d After the league closed, Mr Wilson tried to find The Single Man c were Mr Ross was but he could never find him. 6 Write right (3) or wrong (7). e Wilson chose Mr Spaulding as his assistant a Lord Simon thought that Flora was going c because he was the best. to hurt his wife. c 3 Choose the right sentence. b Hatty Doran saw her real husband at the a Holmes asked Wilson about Spaulding’s work and church and decided to run away. c he found that ….. c Miss Doran’s father became rich after he stole 1) he spent long hours in the underground.
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