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PENGUIN READERS

Teacher Support Programme

While reading
Pages 1–10
1Choosetherightanswers.

aWhoistellingthestory?…

1SherlockHolmes
2DrWatson
3DrWatson’swife

bWhathappenedwhenDrWatsonwashaving

breakfastwithhiswife?…

1Therewasatelephonecall.
2SherlockHolmescametoseethem.
3Atelegramarrived.

cWheredidDrWatsonmeetSherlock

Holmes?…

1PaddingtonStation
2BakerStreetStation
3King’sCrossStation
2Putthewordsfromtheboxintheright

places.Youcanusethesamewordsmorethan
once.

aboutsix Australia Boscombe

BoscombePool eighteen gun Hatherley

James JohnTurner Monday,3June

threeo’clock two

NotesaboutJohnTurner

aJohnTurnerlivesin………………Valley.

bTurnermadehismoneyin……………….

cDaughter’sage:……………….

dNumberofservants:……………….

NotesaboutCharlesMcCarthy

eCharlesMcCarthylivesin………………

Valley.

fNameoffarm:………………

gOwneroffarm:………………

hSon’sname:………………

iSon’sage:………………

jNumberofservants:………………

kCharlesMcCarthyfirstmetJohnTurnerin

……………….

Notesaboutthemurder

lDayanddateofmurder:………………

mProbabletimeofmurder:………………

nProbableplace:………………

oThepersonwhosaidhefoundthebody:

………………

pThemurdererpossiblykilledthemanwith

thewoodenpartofa……………….

qTheyfoundJamesMcCarthy’s………………

bythedeadman.

3Putthesentencesinorder,1–6.

aPatienceMoranranawayandtoldher

mother.

c

bWilliamCrowdersawJamesMcCarthy.

Jameswasgoingthesamewayashis
father,withagun.

c

cJamesMcCarthyrantotheMoran’s

houseandtoldthemhisfatherwasdead. c

dPatienceMoransawCharlesandJames

McCarthybythelake.Theywerearguing. c

eAnoldwomanandWilliamCrowder

sawCharlesMcCarthy.Hewaswalking
alone.

c

fCharlesMcCarthylefthishouseand

walkedtoBoscombePool.

c

Pages 11–15
4Putthewordsintherightordertomakea

sentence.

apass/see/shall/takes/that/us/We/

where.

………………………………………………

ball/and/becomes/clear/clearer/every/

fact/is/It/it/new/quite/with.

………………………………………………

cever/girls/have/I/in/life/my/of/one

/prettiest/seen/She/that/the/was.

………………………………………………

dbehind/Clearly/from/him/hit/murderer

/the.

………………………………………………
Pages 17–26
5Answerthesequestions.Usethewordsso that,

becauseorto.

aWhycan’tJamesMcCarthymarryMiss

Turner?

………………………………………………

bWhydidJamesMcCarthygotoBristol?

………………………………………………

cWhyisJamesMcCarthyalothappiernow?

………………………………………………

dHolmesthinksthatCharlesMcCarthywent

tothepooltomeetsomeoneelse,nothisson.
Whydoeshethinkthis?

………………………………………………

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eWhydoesHolmesthinkCharlesMcCarthy’s

friendlinesstoTurnerwasunusual?

………………………………………………
6Whosaysthese?WriteHforHolmes,Lfor

LestradeandWforWatson.

a‘Idon’tthinkmuchofhistasteifhereally

doesnotwanttomarryMissTurner.’

c

b‘Thisboyisdeeplyinlovewithher.’

c

c‘Everyoneroundherespeaksofhis

kindnesstoMcCarthy.’

c

d‘Youdofinditdifficulttonoticethe

facts.’

c

e‘Ithoughtthatmaybetherewasagun

orapieceofclothingorsomethinglike
thatinthewater.’

c

Pages 26–29
7Answerthesequestions.

aWhatistheconnectionbetweenAustraliaand

‘Cooee’?

………………………………………………

bWhatistheconnectionbetweenAustraliaand

arat?

………………………………………………
Pages 29–37
8Matchthetwopartsofthesentences.

aSherlockHolmesthinkspeoplewilltalk…

bJohnTurnerpromisestotellthepolice

everythingif…

cItwillbreakAliceTurner’sheartif…

dSherlockHolmeswillonlyusethetruestory

if…

1shehearsthatherfatherisaprisoner.
2if/whentheyseehimgoingtoJohn

Turner’shouse.

3heneedsittosaveJamesMcCarthy’slife.
4thecasegoesagainstJamesMcCarthy.
9Putthesentencesinthecorrectorder.Write

1–12.

aTheBallaratBoysstoppedacarriage

whichwascarryinggold.

c

bTurnerwentbacktoEngland.

c

cTurnerboughtthebighouseat

Boscombe.

c

dJohnTurnerwasworkinginthegold

minesinAustralia.

c

eDuringtherobbery,Turnerdecidednot

tokillMcCarthy.

c

fTurnerleftthegoldminesandbecamea

robber.

c

gMcCarthy’smurderhappened.

c

hMcCarthywantedJohnTurner’sdaughter

tobehisson’swife,andtoldJohnTurner. c

iTurnergaveMcCarthymoneyanda

house.

c

jTurnermetMcCarthyinLondon.

c

kTurnersawCharlesMcCarthyandhis

son.Theywerearguing.

c

lMcCarthyfollowedTurnertotheWest

Country.

c

10Matchthetwopartsofthesentencestoshow

thatthestoryhasahappyending.

aThecourtdecidesthatJamesMcCarthy…

bSherlockHolmesdoesn’thavetotell…

cThemysteryofBoscombePoolwill…

dJamesandAlicewillsoon…

eJamesandAlicewillnever…

1knowaboutthepast.
2bemarried.
3JohnTurner’sstorytothepolice.
4didnotmurderhisfather.
5stayamysteryforever.
After reading
11Findthesenumbersinthebookandwrite

theminthecorrectplacestocompletethe
sentences.

ahundred fifteen onehundredandfifty

aWhenJameswasabout…………………

yardsfromthepool,heheardsomeonecall
‘Cooee!’

bJameswentbacktowardsHatherleyFarm.

Afteronly…………………yards,hehearda
terriblescream.

cJamessawsomethingonthegroundabout

…………………yardsawayfromthebody.

12Answerthesequestions.

aWhatarethefactsthatmadeHolmesthink

JamesMcCarthyisinnocent?

………………………………………………
………………………………………………

bWhatarethefactsthatmadeHolmesthink

JohnTurneristherealmurderer?

………………………………………………
………………………………………………

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1Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)?

aDrWatson’swifedidn’twanthimtogowith

SherlockHolmes.

c

bHolmesreadalargenumberofnewspapers

onthetrain.

c

cAlargepartofthelandinBoscombeValley

belongstoMrCharlesMcCarthy.

c

dMrMcCarthywasmurderednearBoscombe

Pool.

c

ePatienceMoransawMrMcCarthyandhisson

Jameshavingaquarrel.

c

fJames’lefthandwasredwithblood.

c

gMrMcCarthysaidsomethingaboutaratto

Jamesbeforehedied.

c

hLestradeisaprivatedetective.

c

2Putthecorrectplacesineachsentence.

Australia Boscombe Bristol Herefordshire

Hatherley

aBoscombeValleyisin………………….
bMrJohnTurnerandMrMcCarthyfirstmetin

………………….

c…………………FarmbelongstoMrTurner.
dThelandaround…………………Poolisfullof

treeswithalittlegrassintheopenpartsbesidethe
water.

eJameswasawayfromhome,andhewasin

………………….

3Choosetherightwordsin

italics.

aMissTurnerknowsthatJamesissoft-hearted/

cold-hearted.

bThemurdererhitMrMcCarthyfrombehind/

the front.

cItwasrainy/sunnythenightbeforeLestrade,

HolmesandWatsonwenttoBoscombeValley.

dHolmeslaydownonhisfront/backbythesideof

abigtree.

eHolmespickedupabig,rough/smoothstone.

4Matchthetwopartsofthesentences.

aJohnTurnerlefttheminesandbecame….
bJohnTurnerandhisoldfriendsrodeawaywiththe

goldandbecame….

cJohnTurnerbegantoputhismoneytogooduses,

unlike….

dEvenwhenAlicewasababy,herlittlehandseemed

toshowJohnTurner….

1richmen
2therightwaytolive
3agangster
4whathedidwhenhefirstgotit

5Thereisonemistakeineachsentence.Crossout

themistakeandcorrectit.
aBoscombePoolliesattheendoftheHatherley

Farmlandwhereitjoinsthelandbelongingto
MrMcCarthy.

……………………………………………………
bMrMcCarthyknewthatJameshadmarrieda

womaninBristolsecretly.

……………………………………………………
cJamesMcCarthyisthemurderer.
……………………………………………………
dHolmesstudiedthegroundandthesidesofthetree

withhisglasses.

……………………………………………………
eMrTurnerwascalledBlackJackofBallaratwhen

hewasinLondon.

……………………………………………………

6Choosetherightanswerstocompletethe

sentences.
aHowdidHolmesknowthatthemurdererwas

tall?…

1Thespacebetweenthefootmarksshowedaman

withlonglegs.

2Hejustguessedit.
bHowdidHolmesknowthatthemurdererhada

badrightleg?…

1Themarkoftheleftfootwasalwayslessclear

thanthemarkoftheright.

2Themarkoftherightfootwasalwayslessclear

thanthemarkoftheleft.

cHowdidHolmesknowthatthemurdererwasleft-

handed?…

1Watsontoldhimso.
2Thewoundswereinagrouponthebackpartof

McCarthy’shead,ontheleftside.

dHowdidHolmesknowthatthestonehepickedup

wasusedforthemurder?…

1Itwastherightcolour.
2Itwastherightshape.
eHowdidHolmesknowthatthemurderersmoked

Indiancigars?…

1HefoundtheashfromanIndiancigar.
2Hedoesn’tlikethesmellofthecigar.