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podcasts/series-04-episode-15Elementary PodcastsSeries 4 Episode 15ExercisesAnswers are at the end of this supportpack.While you listenActivity 1wElementary Podcasts are suitable forlearners with different levels of English.Here are some ways to make them easier(if you have a lower level of English) ormore difficult (if you have a higher level ofEnglish). You can choose one or two ofthese suggestions – you don't have tofollow all of them!wwChoose all the sentences that are trueaccording to the podcast.1. Sherlock Holmes was a real person.b2. Sherlock Holmes was a doctor.isrit4. 221B Baker Street is a real address inLondon.ouhcMaking it easier3. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a characterin a book.5. People wrote letters to SherlockHolmes. Look up the words in the exercises thatyou don't know in a dictionary.6. Sherlock Holmes was a new kind ofdetective. Play the podcast as many times as youneed.7. Some ideas in modern TV series comefrom the Sherlock Holmes books.Making it harder Play the whole podcast without abreak. Don't read the transcript.Put the words in order to make sentences.1. a book / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle /Sherlock Holmes / character in / was a/ by2. addressed / 221B Baker Street / toSherlock Holmes / The company at / ofletters / received hundredsh Only play the podcast once beforeanswering the questions.Activity 2lisng Listen to the podcast before you readthe exercises.8. House is a series about a detective likeSherlock Holmes.near Read the transcript after you havelistened to the podcast.leg/ Play each part of the podcastseparately.oril.nc Read all the exercises before you listento the podcast.3. interesting letter or / Baker Street / Thestories / with an / a visitor to / in / oftenstart / his flatThe United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.Page 1 of 6
podcasts/series-04-episode-156. If you murder someone, then youmight go to for a longtime.5. Sherlock Holmes / of solving / firstdetective / logical way / was the / touse that / a crime7. The court will decide if someone isor innocent.w4. Sherlock Holmes is that / love about /everything just / What people / heseems to know / by looking / at people8. The detective is working on a difficult– a murder.ww6. were / Lots of the / in the books / thetime / new things / for the police at /things he did.bMatch the words to the definitions.isritActivity 3Activity 4criminalCrime vocabulary. Put the words in urdererouarresthcforensicdetectivesolvewitness1. Someone who murders someone is a.leg/prisonorguiltyvictim1. Nowadays most detectives do acourse in science.4. The police cansomeone when they're sure they've gotthe right person.5. If you a crime at work,then you might lose your job.4. Someone who commits a crime is a.5. Someone who tries to solve a crime isa .h3. Sherlock Holmes uses a lot of tinyto find the answers.3. Someone who steals money from abank is a bank .lisng2. Detectives use a lot of scientificmethods to crimes.near2. Someone who steals from you is a.6. Someone who is in prison is a.7. Someone who sees a crime happen isa .The United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.Page 2 of 6
podcasts/series-04-episode-158. Someone who is attacked, robbed orkilled is a .h) who were born on the same day asyou?1. Sherlock Holmes wasn't bornActivity 52. How many babies are bornWrite the prepositions in the spaces.w3. Princess Charlotte was born1. Sherlock Holmes is a charactera book Sir ArthurConan Doyle.w4. I was born in India butw5. Most baby cats have blue eyes2. the books, Sherlock Holmeslived 221B Baker StreetLondon.b6. Do you know any celebritiesisrit7. Was your daughter born at home8. Which day of the weekhc3. The company that was thataddress received hundredsletters addressed SherlockHolmes.Activity 7ouFill in the spaces with the right form of'born'. Don't look back at Activity 6!1. Sherlock Holmesbecause he wasn't a real person!il.nc4. The stories often start aninteresting letter or a visitorhis flat Baker Street.a) on the 2nd May, 2015.c) in the world every day?e) we moved to Britain when I wastwo.f) were you born on?6. Do you know any celebrities whoon the same day asyou?hd) or in hospital?5. Most baby cats have blue eyes whenthey .lisngb) because he wasn't a real person!4. I in India but we movedto Britain when I was two.nearMatch the halves of the sentences.3. Princess Charlotte onthe 2nd May, 2015.leg/Activity 62. How many babies inthe world every day?or5. I think that what people loveSherlock Holmes is that he seems toknow everything just lookingpeople.7. your daughter at homeor in hospital?8. Which day of the week youon?g) when they are born.The United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.Page 3 of 6
podcasts/series-04-episode-154. He lives in Hollywood, Los Angeles.He's a private investigator who smokesand drinks a lot. He appears in bookswritten by Raymond Chandler. He wasplayed by Humphrey Bogart in thefilm The Big Sleep.Activity 8Famous 'solvers' of crimes in books andfilms. Read the clues and see if you knowthe names. You can use the list of namesto help you.wAlphabetical list as clues:His name iswBatmanw5. She's in her sixties and lives in a smallvillage in England. She watches villagelife to help her solve crimes. Sheappears in twelve crime novels byAgatha Christie. She has been playedby various actresses on TV and in film.Dr Temperance 'Bones' Brennan.bFox MulderisritHercule PoirotLisbeth SalanderTintinHer name is:ncouPhilip MarlowehcMiss MarpleHer name ish3. He lives in Gotham City and is abillionaire. He works with his partner,Robin. Some people call him ‘TheWorld's Greatest Detective’. His realname is Bruce Wayne.7. She's an American scientist who worksat the Jeffersonian Institute. Herpartner is called Seeley Booth. She isvery logical in her work. She solves oldand new crimes by examining thebones of the victims. She is also afamous crime writer.lisngHis name isHis name isnear2. He is American. He works with hispartner, Dr Scully, to solve strangemysteries. He's extremely interested inaliens and monsters and has aphotographic memory. He was playedby David Duchovny in the TVseries The X-Files.leg/His name isoril.1. He is a blonde teenager from Belgium.He has a friend called CaptainHaddock and a dog called Snowy. Heappears in books written by Hergé(Georges Remi).6. He is a retired Belgian police officerwith a small moustache. He has afriend called Captain Hastings whohelps him, and a secretary called MissLemon. He appears in Murder on theOrient Express and Death on the Nile.David Suchet played him in the TVseries.8. She lives in Stockholm in Sweden. Shehas a tattoo of a dragon on her back.She's a computer expert and a verygood kick boxer. She wears punk/gothclothes. She was played by NoomiHis name isThe United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.Page 4 of 6
podcasts/series-04-episode-15Rapace in the film of Stieg Larsson'sbest-selling book.TV programmes? Which ones are yourfavourites? Leave a commenton ry-podcasts/series-04-episode-15and we'll discuss your answers in the nextpodcast.Her name isActivity 9 – Leave a commentwAnswersTrue: 4, 5, 6, 7ncActivity 2ouFalse: 1, 2, 3, 8hcActivity 1isrit.bwwWhat about you? Do you like SherlockHolmes? Do you like other crime writers oril.1. Sherlock Holmes was a character in a book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.leg/or2. The company at 221B Baker Street received hundreds of letters addressed to SherlockHolmes.3. The stories often start with an interesting letter or a visitor to his flat in Baker Street.near4. What people love about Sherlock Holmes is that he seems to know everything just bylooking at people.5. Sherlock Holmes was the first detective to use that logical way of solving a crime.Activity 3lisng6. Lots of the things he did in the books were new things for the police at the time.1.forensic, 2.solve, 3.clues, 4.arrest, 5.commit, 6.prison, 7.guilty, 8.casehActivity 41.murderer, 2.thief, 3.robber, 4.criminal, 5.detective, 6.prisoner, 7.witness, 8.victimActivity 51. in/byThe United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.Page 5 of 6
podcasts/series-04-episode-152. In/at/in3. at/of/to4. with/to/in5. about/by/atwActivity 6w1.b, 2.c, 3.a, 4.e, 5.g, 6.h, 7.d, 8.f.bwActivity 72. are born4. was born1. Tintin3. Batman4. Philip Marlowe6. Hercule Poirot8. Lisbeth SalanderThe United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.h7. Dr Temperance 'Bones' Brennanlisng5. Miss Marplenear2. Fox Mulderleg/Activity 8or8. were/bornil.7. Was/bornnc6. were bornou5. are bornhc3. was bornisrit1. wasn't bornPage 6 of 6
1. Sherlock Holmes was a real person. 2. Sherlock Holmes was a doctor. 3. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a character in a book. 4. 221B Baker Street is a real address in London. 5. People wrote letters to Sherlock Holmes. 6. Sherlock Holmes was a new kind of detective. 7. Some ideas in modern TV series come from the Sherlock Holmes books. 8. House
