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Card 6

Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions below.

1. Why did Arthur Conan Doyle stop writing stories about Sherlock Holmes?

2. What worried Mr Horowitz before starting a book?

3. Why was writing the book about Sherlock Holmes easier than Mr Horowitz thought?

 
  1. Why did Arthur Conan Doyle stop writing stories about Sherlock Holmes?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stopped writing the stories about Sherlock Holmes because...

he was killed

    writing took up much of his time

Antony Horowitz stole the idea
 
ACD was seriously ill  
 
  2.  What worried Mr Horowitz before starting a book?

Mr Horowitz worried before starting a book because he didn’t want to   .
 
 3. Why was writing the book about Sherlock Holmes easier than Mr Horowitz thought? (Choose 3 and fill in)

had loved               found              was introduced                 had read                             was inspired

was killed


 

     He always those books, he them two or three times and in fact, as a writer he by Doyle.