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SHERLOCK HOLMES




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HOW MUCH DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES?
WAS HE A REAL PERSON EVEN? LET'S LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST DETECTIVES OF ALL TIME, REAL OR UNREAL!
TASK 1 - WORD FORMATION
FILL IN THE BLANKS IN THE TEXT ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES USING THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS IN THE BRACKETS. USE PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES TO FORM THE RIGHT WORDS.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a�(FICTION) detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting (DETECT)", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his�(ABLE) to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases.

Holmes, who first appeared in�(PUBLISH) in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. The first novel, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's�(MONTH) Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in�(POPULAR) with the first series of short stories in Strand Magazine, (BEGIN) with A Scandal in Bohemia in 1891; further series of short stories and two novels published in serial form appeared between then and 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1914.

All but four stories are narrated by Holmes's friend and (BIOGRAPHY), Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself ("The Blanched Soldier" and "The Lion's Mane") and two others are written in the third person ("The Mazarin Stone" and "His Last Bow"). In two stories ("The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Gloria Scott"), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, while Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story. The first and fourth novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Valley of Fear, each include a long interval of omniscient (NARRATE) recounting events unknown to either Holmes or Watson.

Doyle said that the character of Sherlock Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large (CONCLUDE) from the smallest observations. Sir Henry Littlejohn, Lecturer on Forensic Medicine and Public Health at the Royal College of Surgeons, is also cited as a source for Holmes. Littlejohn served as Police Surgeon and (MEDICINE) Officer of Health of Edinburgh, providing for Doyle a link between medical (INVESTIGATE) and the detection of crime.

TASK�2 - SYNONYMS
WATCH THE VIDEO TRAILER FOR ONE OF THE NEWER FILM VERSIONS OF THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES.�CHOOSE SYNONYMS�FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS IN THE BOXES.
I have a request - someone I want to see.
Sherlock Holmes, you and I are bound together on a journey...
Allow me to enlighten you!
Tomorrow the world as you know it will end.
Well, there isn't any time to waste then, is there?
It does make a considerable difference to me having someone with me on whom I can thoroughly rely.
It's always nice to see you, Watson!
The witness stated that he saw Lord Blackwood rise from the grave.
He's just as brilliant as you are and infinitely more devious.
To learn more about Holmes, go to your local library or visit http://www.mysterynet.com/holmes/sherlock-holmes-stories/! I hope you enjoyed the tasks.