By Oxfordian Kissuth (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
1. Match the vocabulary with the correct definition.
1. ruthless
2. flawed
3. a blockbuster
4. out of your mind
5. a cart
6. foggy
7. be behind something
8. pop in
a. a small, wheeled vehicle, often pulled by a horse
b. full of a weather condition that makes the air cloudy and grey with small particles of water
c. go in or visit for a short time
d. a film that is very popular and makes a lot of money
e. be the person who has secretly organised something
f. mentally ill, crazy or stupid
g. cruel and having no compassion
h. not perfect
2. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
a) Sherlock Holmes was a real person.
b) The books were written in the late 1800s.
c) The author of the books lived at 221B Baker Street.
d) You can visit a pub with a room set up like Sherlock Holmes’s study.
e) Roger Johnson thinks the character of Sherlock Holmes is a perfect human.
f) The original stories are very well written.
g) Conan Doyle took his inspiration from real-life crimes.
h) Scientific or forensic policing is now even more important than in Sherlock Holmes’s time.
I liked the allegro video, because it is an application where you can buy things in English. In the video the man buys a book where he practices English, also a suitcase where he goes on a trip to visit someone.