Sherlock Holmes

The Blue DiamondReading: Elementary

Regina Jirankova

1. Who was Sherlock Holmes?2. Where did he live?3. When did he live?4. Who was his best friend?

1. A famous detective from Arthur Conan Doyle´s stories.

2. He lived at 221B Baker Street in London.

3. He lived in the 19th century

4. His best friend´s name was Dr. Watson

Let´s look at some new vocabulary:

a magnifying glass

a doorman

a goose

a brain

Now read Chapter 1and answer the questions:

1. When and why did Dr. Watson go to see Holmes?

2. Where did Holmes have the old hat from?

3. Who was Mr. Peterson?

1. What happened in the street at four o´clock in the morning?

2. Why did the tall man run away?3. What was on the goose´s left leg?4. What did Holmes do with the

goose?

1. What did Holmes say about the owner of the hat?

2. When did the owner buy the hat?3. How old was the owner?4. What did Peterson´s wife find in

the goose?

Fill in the gaps with the correct verb in the right tense:

Mr. Peterson, the doorman at the Baker Street Hotel, ______________ a hat and a Christmas goose in the street and ____________________ it to Sherlock Holmes´s house. Sherlock Holmes asked him what ___________________.

find happen bring

Sherlock Holmes ____________ at the hat. It ________ old and very dirty and there _____________ the letters H.B. on it. Sherlock Holmes ________________ a very good detective and so he ________ a lot about the owner of the hat.

know be be be look

He _________ that the owner of the hat ______ about 40 years old and _____ intelligent and poor and his wife didn´t ______ him. He _______ the hat three years ago.

love be be buy say

The goose _______ big and fat. There ___________ a little ticket on its leg. The ticket ______: For Mr. And Mrs. Baker. Sherlock Holmes _________ the goose to Mr. Peterson. Mrs. Peterson _____________ to cook the goose and ________ a big blue diamond in it. Mr. Peterson ________ the diamond to Sherlock Holmes.

say find be give bring want be

What do you think?

• How did the diamond get into the goose?• Why did Henry Baker leave his

hat and the goose in the street?

???Read Chapter 2 and find out!