1. INSPIRING QUOTATIONS II
• It has long been an axiom of mine that the little
things are infinitely the most important.
• There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious
fact.
• Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
• When you have eliminated the impossible,
whatever remains, however improbable, must be
the truth.

2. Elementary, my
dear Watson!
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3. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
CONAN DOYLE AND SHERLOCK HOLMES
1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an 4. Besides being a writer, Conan Doyle
English writer was a…
a) True a) Journalist
b) False b) Doctor
c) Chemist
2. In what Scottish city was Conan
Doyle born? 5. When did the character Sherlock
a) Edinburgh Holmes first appear in print?
b) Glasgow a) 1888
c) Inverness b) 1887
c) 1889
3. How many brothers and sisters did
Conan Doyle have? 6. Sherlock Holmes’ most famous
a) 7 quotation is…
b) 10 a) “Elementary, my dear colleague”
b) “Naturally, my dear Watson”
c) 9
c) “Elementary, my dear Watson”
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4. What was Sherlock Holmes
wearing?
• A pipe
• A cloak
• A deerstalker hat

5. Write about a fictional
character

6. Description of a fictional character
• Paragraph 1: Introduction of the character
– Where did I appear? (book/film/comic, etc.)
– Who was my creator?
• Hello! I’m “X”, I’m one of the most pupolar characters in…
• Paragraph 2: Physical appearance
– Gender (boy/girl, man/woman, hero...)
– I am tall/short, slim/fat, etc.
– Face:
• I have got (fair/dark) hair, (blue / green) eyes, (big / thin,…) nose…
– Body:
• My legs, arms are thin / long / fat / short /…
– Clothes:
• I often wear black trousers and a white shirt.
• Paragraph 3: Personality description:
– I am outgoing, lazy, hard-working, bad-tempered, modest, etc.
REMEMBER TO USE: quite, very, not very, not at all…
• Last sentence: final description
• I am the best detective in the world

7. OUR EXAMPLE
SHERLOCK
HOLMES