1 Which play do these sentences come from? the RedHeaded League or the three students.
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a ‘Tell us about your shop.’ ……………
b ‘What do the thieves want?’ ……………
c ‘Why did you leave the key in the door?’
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d ‘He’s not very young.’ ……………
e ‘Are you . . . worried about something?’
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f ‘We must go to your rooms.’ ……………
g ‘A man can hide behind this curtain.’
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h ‘You need to live in London.’ ……………
i ‘They can’t get out there.’ ……………
j ‘You do not have a pencil with you.’ ……………
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the Red-Headed League. Put these sentences in the
right order. Number them 1–10.
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
The Red-Headed League finishes.
Wilson and Spaulding read the
advertisement.
Spaulding and Ross come out of the tunnel.
Holmes visits the shop.
Holmes tells the story to Watson.
Spaulding starts to work for Wilson.
The police catch the thieves.
Wilson starts to work for the Red-Headed
League.
Holmes and his friends hide in the bank.
Wilson comes to see Holmes.
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the Red-Headed League. Who in the play…? Wilson,
spalding, Holmes, Watson, Ross, Jones.
the three students. Put these sentences in the right
order. Number them 1–10.
a
b
c
a ... works at Scotland Yard? ……………
b ... has a shop? ……………
c ... pays Mr Wilson four pounds a week?
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d ... works for half-wages? ……………
e ... works in a hospital? ……………
f ... thinks of everything? ……………
g ... has dirty trousers? ……………
h ... pulls Mr Wilson’s hair? ……………
i ... does a lot of writing? ……………
j ... hits the ground with a stick? ……………
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
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Holmes and Watson visit Ras.
Soames finds a cut on his writing table.
Holmes and Watson visit Gilchrist and ask
for a pencil.
Holmes tells Gilchrist that he knows he
copied the paper.
Soames finds the key in the door.
Gilchrist goes to South Africa.
Holmes and Watson try to visit McLaren.
Bannister feels ill and sits down.
Bannister tells the true story.
Holmes and Watson talk to Bannister for
the first time.
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the three students. Who in the play …? soames,
Bannister, Holmes, gilchrist, Ras, McLaren.
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
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... sees a key in his door? ……………
... brings Mr Soames’ tea? ……………
... uses Gilchrist’s pencil? ……………
... comes from India? ……………
... likes running? ……………
... hides begins a curtain? ……………
... doesn’t want to see anybody? ……………
... has tea with a friend? ……………
... finds a second piece of mud?
... left the key in the door? ……………
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Setting
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Mr Jones was a _____.
a F servant b F bank manager
c F shopkeeper d F detective
_____ was a bank manager.
a F Mr Merryweather b F Mr Jones
c F Mr Ross d F Mr Spaulding
Hilton Soames was a _____ at St Luke’s College.
a F student b F servant c F teacher
d F detective
_____ was a student at St Luke’s College.
a F Hilton Soames b F Dr Watson
c F Bannister d F Daulat Ras
_____ visited Sherlock Holmes to ask for his
help.
a F Miles McLaren b F Hilton Soames
c F Bannister d F Gilchrist
19 _____ was an examiner.
a F Hilton Soames b F Bannister
c F Gilchrist d F Dr Watson
20 Bannister was _____ servant.
a F Hilton Soames’s b F Sherlock
Holmes’s c F Gilchrist’s d F Daulat Ras’s
Choose the best answer.
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10
Sherlock Holmes lived at _____ Baker Street.
a F 221B b F 220B c F 221C d F 220A
Sherlock Holmes was extremely _____.
a F small b F dangerous c F intelligent
d F strange
Dr Watson was not as _____ as Sherlock
Holmes.
a F dangerous b F quick c F old
d F honest
Sherlock Holmes sometimes needed Dr Watson’s
_____.
a F house b F newspaper c F pictures
d F help
Mr Wilson’s shop had a lot of _____ in it.
a F clocks and watches b F books and
newspapers c F tables and chairs d F tea
Vincent Spalding was looking at _____.
a F an advertisement b F a clock
c F a book d F a table
The Red-Headed League paid four pounds _____.
a F an hour b F a day c F a week
d F a year
The exam papers arrived for _____ to read at
three o’clock.
a F Sherlock Holmes b F Hilton Soames
c F Dr Watson d F Bannister
_____ suddenly began to feel ill when told about
the papers.
a F Bannister b F Sherlock Holmes
c F Gilchrist d F Dr Watson
There were small pieces of _____ on the table
next to the window.
a F newspaper b F pencil c F key
d F paper
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Dialogue
Characters
Choose the best answer.
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12
13
Dr Watson was Sherlock Holmes’s _____.
a F servant b F friend c F brother
d F bank manager
Mr Wilson had _____ hair.
a F black b F red c F white d F brown
Vincent Spaulding was _____ assistant.
a F Dr Watson’s b F Sherlock Holmes’s
c F Mr Wilson’s d F Mr Jones’s
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21 ‘It’s Monday today. And it’s nearly eleven
o’clock! Come on!’
a F Dr Watson b F Vincent Spaulding
c F Mr Wilson d F Duncan Ross
22 ‘It’s all right. You have that wonderful head of
hair. When can you begin work here?’
a F Duncan Ross b F Hilton Soames
c F Dr Watson d F Gilchrist
23 ‘It is strange, isn’t it? Do you see the day and the
month of the newspaper?’
a F Hilton Soames b F Duncan Ross
c F Sherlock Holmes d F Vincent Spaulding
24 ‘Why did you ask about the Strand? You know
London very well! You wanted to see him.’
a F Dr Watson b F Sherlock Holmes
c F Hilton Soames d F Vincent Spaulding
25 ‘We must wait in the dark. Get behind the
boxes, everyone.’
a F Mr Jones b F Sherlock Holmes
c F Mr Merryweather d F Dr Watson
26 ‘Tell me, did any student visit you in your room
after the papers arrived this afternoon?’
a F Dr Watson b F Gilchrist c F Sherlock
Holmes d F Hilton Soames
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27 ‘The tea things were in my hands. I thought, ‘I
can come back for the key.’’
a F Sherlock Holmes b F Hilton Soames
c F Gilchrist d F Bannister
28 ‘Go away! I’m busy! I can’t see anybody. Go
away at once!
a F Daulat Ras b F Gilchrist
c F Bannister d F Miles McLaren
29 ‘Mr Bannister talked to me. This is the right
thing to do. I understand that now.’
a F Hilton Soames b F Dr Watson
c F Miles McLaren d F Gilchrist
30 ‘And you, young man, did wrong, but you’re
going to put things right.’
a F Bannister b F Sherlock Holmes
c F Gilchrist d F Dr Watson
40 to get into a place where you cannot be seen
a F hide b F thief c F strong-room
d F tunnel
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Vocabulary
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Choose the best answer.
31 a person who takes things that do not belong to
him or her
a F servant b F thief c F police
d F examiner
32 a place where people go to study after leaving
school
a F college b F bank c F examination
d F league
33 an underground way from one place to another
a F strange b F hide c F strong-room
d F tunnel
34 write or draw something to look like another
thing
a F clever b F copy c F draw
d F sharpen
35 not all of something, a small part of it
a F story b F worried c F hide d F piece
36 the money that someone pays you for doing a
job
a F wages b F bank c F gamble away
d F clever
37 a test of what somebody knows
a F copy b F lock c F examination
d F honest
38 a polite way to speak to a man who is more
important than you
a F sir b F servant c F police d F clever
39 to find and get someone after going after them
a F lock b F hide c F league d F catch
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Mr Wilson must work from _____ o’clock.
a F one o’clock to four b F ten o’clock to
two c F nine o’clock to three d F five
o’clock to six
Vincent Spaulding liked to _____ when he was
not working.
a F take photographs b F read a book
c F copy from a book d F talk to Sherlock
Holmes
Mr Wilson worked for the Red-Headed League
for _____.
a F eight weeks b F one year c F six
months d F five days
Holmes knocked on the door because he wanted
to see Spaulding’s _____.
a F newspaper b F trousers c F coat
d F walking stick
The thieves wanted the _____ in the boxes.
a F gold b F papers c F tea d F guns
Hilton Soames saw _____ key in his door.
a F Gilchrist’s b F Miles McLaren’s
c F Dr Watson’s d F Bannister’s
The pieces of pencil had the letters _____ at the
end.
a F MM b F HH c F LL d F NN
Daulat Ras was worried about _____.
a F the examination b F the pencil
c F Holmes’s drawing d F Dr Watson
Sherlock Holmes had three _____ in his hand.
a F pencils b F pieces of mud
c F running shoes d F keys
_____ saw the exam papers from the garden.
a F Bannister b F Daulat Ras c F Miles
McLaren d F Gilchrist
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