The ABC Murders

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Book key

1.1 Openanswers
1.2 Openanswers(1 a 2 c 3 c)
2.1 Possibleanswers:

1 hismarriage>thetimebeforehismarriage

2 CaptainHastings>HerculePoirot

3 Thedeadwoman’shusbandowns>Thedead

womanowned

4 expensiverailwayguides>cheaprailwaytimetables

5mustbeaman>couldbeamanorawoman

2.2 1 burglars 2 checked 3 empty 4 shone

5 counter 6 body 7 guide

2.3 1 hadbeenwritten 2 hadbeenthreatened

3 hadspent 4 hadbeenhit 5 hadhad

6 hadbeentaken 7 hadbeenleft 8 hadhoped

2.4 1 Openanswers

2 Openanswers(a Poirot b ABC c Therewill

beanothermurder. d Theydon’tknowhowto
stopthenextmurder.)

3.1 1 b 2 c 3 d 4 d 5 b 6 c 7 b 8 d

9 d 10 a 11 b 12 c

3.2 a 6 b 1 c 4 d 7 e 3 f 5 g 2
3.3 1 knew,was,wouldfind 2 wouldrun,was(/were)

3 found,wouldsave 4 wouldlearn,listened

5 were(/was),wouldanswer

3.4 1 Openanswers(a Themurderedgirl b Someone

fromthemurderedgirl’sfamily;verysad,upsetand
confused.)

2 Openanswers(a Hastings,Poirot b Therehas

beenanothermurder,ofadifferentkind.)

4.1 1 a D b C c B d A

2 A 3 B 4 C 1 D 2

4.2 1 Crome 2 FranklinClarke 3 ThoraGrey

4 MeganBarnard 5 Hastings 6 DonaldFraser

4.3 Possibleanswers:1 sodarkthat 2 sodrunkthat

3 sosuccessful/famousthat 4 sopretty/attractive/
popularthat 5 sohungrythat 6 soclever/
intelligentthat 7 sofairthat

4.4 Openanswers(1 AlexanderBonaparteCust

2 Themurders 3 ‘Anastybusiness–eh?’)

5.1

5.2 1 f 2 d 3 b 4 a 5 e 6 c
5.3 1 may 2 must 3 must 4 may 5 may

6 may

5.4 1 a MrCust

b AsuitcaseandanABCrailwayguide

c Openanswers(Totherailwaystation)

2 a MrCusthasdroppedhisticket.

b–c Openanswers

3 Openanswers(a MrCust b Itiscoveredwith

blood.)

6.1 Openanswers
6.2 1 ThoraGrey,aboutMrCust

2 InspectorCrome,aboutPoirot

3 SirCarmichaelClarke,aboutThoraGrey

4 MrCust,aboutLilyMarbury

5 MrCust,aboutPoirot

6.3 1 washurryingtocatchthetrain.

2 wasenjoyingthefilm.

3 wasgoingdownstairs.

4 wasdancingwithTom.

5 weremakingplans.

6 waslookingforheremployer.

6.4 Openanswers
Talkaboutit Openanswers
Writeaboutit Openanswers
Project Openanswers

Discussion activities key

1 Possiblemotives:money,power,jealousy,revenge,

protectionofasecret,crazinessetc.

2 Somefamousfilmsaboutserialkillersare:The Silence

of the Lambs,Seven,The BoneCollector,Copycat,
Halloween,Hannibal,Jack the Ripperetc.

3–4 Openanswers

Name

Placewhere
he/shelived

Job

Relatives/people
closetovictim

AliceAscher

Andover

Owneda
tobaccoand
newspaper
shop

1.FranzAscher
(husband)
2.MaryDrower
(niece)

BettyBarnard Bexhill-on-

sea

Waitress

1.MeganBarnard
(sister)
2.DonaldFraser
(fiancé)

SirCarmichael
Clarke

Churston

Retiredthroat
specialist.Art
collector.

1.LadyClarke
(wife)
2.Franklin
Clarke(brother)
3.ThoraGrey
(secretary)

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5 Possiblequestions:DidyouknowMrsAscherwell?

Whatwasshelike?WhatwasMrAscherlike?Did
MrsAscherhaveanytroublewithhim?Wassheafraid
ofhim?DidMrsAscherreceiveanystrangeletters?
HaveyoueverseenMrsAscherwithanABCrailway
guide?Whodidyouseegointotheshoplastnight?

6 Abovetheshop.
7–13 Openanswers
14 Possiblequestions:Haveyouhadahappylife?What

jobshaveyoudone?Whatwasitlikeinthewar?Were
youafraidwhenyouwerearrested?Didyoureally
believeyoukilledthosepeople?Howdoyoufeelnow?

15 Openanswers

Activity worksheets key

1 a CaptainHastings

b InspectorJapp

c AlexanderCust

d MrAscher

e MaryDrower

f Poirot

g MrsAscher

2 solvea–crime

shop–counter

threaten–tokill

arranged–carefully

shake–yourhead

hair–colouring

high–society

feel–pity

3 a reaching

b wedding

c reporter

d pretended

e attention

f shaking

g waitress

4 a 3 b 7 c 7 d 3 e 3 f 7
5 a Paris>London

b blond>black

c many>no

d second>third

e car>train

f drink>walk

6 a him b do c has d such e send f of

g to

7 a Headaches.

b FranklinClarke.

c Somestockings.

d BecauseLadyClarketoldherto.

e Thatshewasaliarandshedidn’tlikeher.

f KillingMeganBarnard.

8 a coin b hide c upset d advertisement

e treatment f foolish g knock h criticise

9 a doorstep b untasted c swimsuit d fond

e hurrying f hunted g wondered

10 a sellingstockings.

b histicket.

c ThoraGrey.

d hisbrother.

e hiscoat.

f thewrongvictim/person.

11 a interrupt b promised c grateful d enemy

e behaving f customers

12 a Thelettersprovethatthemurderswereplanned

crimes.

b Poirotwasmysteriouslyabsentforalotofthetime.

c MrCustgottheofferofajobsellingstockings.

d Donald’smotiveforkillinghisgirlfriendcouldonly

bejealousy.

e TwodetectivesarrestedFranklinClarkeandtook

himaway.

Progress test key

1 a 3 b 7 c 3 d 3 e 7 f 3b g 7 h 3
i 7 j 3
2 a 4 b 10 c 1 d 8 e 5 f 2 g 6 h 9
i 3 j 7
3 a MaryDrower b MrCust c Hastings d Poirot
e MeganBarnard f FranklinClarke g ThoraGrey
h MrsAscher i DonaldFraser j LilyMarbury
4 a agent b foxes c suspiciously d clues
e retired f stabbed g threatened h carry
i nodded j alibi