Intermediate Level Exercises Answers Key

The Speckled Band and other stories SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

Multiple Choice: The Speckled Band

2 b 3 d 4 a 5 d 6 a 7 c 8 a

Making Sentences: The Dancing Men

Q2 What had Mr Hilton Cubitt found (in his garden)?

Q3 Why was he worried about his wife?

Q4 Where did his wife come from?

Q5 What had he promised (his wife)?

Q6 Why did Mr Cubitt visit Sherlock Holmes again?

Q7 Who did Holmes send a telegram to?

Q8 What did Holmes’ telegram say?

Comprehension: The Dancing Men

A1 He had come from Chicago.

A2 Because she didn’t want to be married to a criminal.

A3 It was the name of a farm.

A4 He wanted her to leave her husband and go away with him.

A5 THE MOST DANGEROUS CROOK IN CHICAGO.

A6 He shot Hilton Cubitt.

A7 She shot herself.

A8 He wrote a message in the secret writing saying ‘Come here at once’.

Secret Writing: The Dancing Men

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Story Outline: The Red-Headed League

2 bad 3 assistant 4 half 5 interested 6 spent 7 cellar 8 showed 9 advertisement 10 explained 11 rich 12 help 13 started 14 vacancy 15 member 16 offered 17 work 18 During 19 copying 20 pay 21 finished 22 upset 23 suspected 24 knees 25 outside

Multiple Choice: The Red-Headed League

1 d 2 b 3 a 4 d 5 a 6 d 7 a

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Words From the Stories

2 ceiling

3 client

4 crook

5 detective

6 evidence

7 inherit

8 lamp

9 league

10 safe

11 telegram

12 vacancy

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