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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?

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� 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
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ACD was seriously ill �
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� 2.�
What worried Mr Horowitz before starting a book?

Mr Horowitz worried before starting a book because he didn�t want to�� .

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�3. Why was writing the book about Sherlock Holmes easier than Mr Horowitz thought?
(Choose 3 and fill in)

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was killed


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