1. Let’s learn more things about Sherlock Holmes by doing this ACTIVITIES.
a) Preparation: Match the words or phrases with the definitions. When you finish click on “Check Answer”.
b) Check your understanding: Watch the video and say if the statements are true or false. Check if they are correct by clicking on “Check Answer”.
c) Check your vocabulary: Write the write preposition to fill the gap. Click again on “Check Answer”.
2. What do you know about the author? Watch the video and do the exercises below:
I. Fill in the gaps with the correct word(s) or numbers (up to 2:30):
– Arthur Conan Doyle was born in ______________ in __________.
– Conan Doyle’s stories about Holmes were _______________, mysterious and ___________________.
– Arthur Conan Doyle went to university in __________________.
– Arthur Conan Doyle moved to the __________ of England after university and became a ___________.
– Arthur Conan Dolyle wrote _________ Sherlock Holmes stories between __________ and _________.
– In the story “The Final Problem”, Holmes and Watson travel to _________________. Here Holmes meets his _____________ Professor Moriarty. And they fight and die at the Reichenbach _________________.
– But many people didn’t like this and they wrote so many letters to Conan Doyle that he __________________ and he continued to write Sherlock Holmes mysteries until __________.
II. Listen to the second part of the video and answer the questions (from 2:30 to 5:00):
– What is the house in 221b Baker Street today? What can you buy there?
– When were the films named in the video released? From ______ to ______. In _________. And in ________. Who starred them?
– When did Arthur Conan Doyle die? Where?
