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Sherlock's living room 1. Choose the correct option:    This is Sherlock's deerstalkerovercoatmagnifying glass. He needed it to seelookhear at things closely.  This is a bookcasecupboardcloset. It was very useful to showhidetake important things from strangers in the house.  This is Watson's bookshelfgramophonebed. He takegiveput all his books on it.  This is a Chinese rugwardrobechest of drawers. Sherlock brought it back from one of his trips abroad. He puthidetake his clothes inside.  This is the broomkettlerug near the fireplace. Scary, wasn't it?  This is Watson's armchairsofastool. Was it comfortable?  This is Watson's telephonemegaphonegramophone. Watson was very fond of music.                     2. Now look at the flat in 221B Baker Street.     Complete the sentences with "was" or "were".   When Lestrade came into the flat, he waswere surprised to see that it waswere different from what he had thought. There waswere 4 rooms, they waswere quite big, except the bathroom.   He just saw Sherlock's bedroom briefly: there waswere his bed with a table against the wall. The magnifying glass waswere on the table, in front of the mirror. He saw pictures of criminals waswere on the wall. But he couldn't see the most important piece of furniture: there waswere a large cupboard in the corner. There waswere Sherlock's disguises inside.   Watson's bedroom waswere a little smaller, but less scary. There waswere a bed, a gramophone, and some war relics from his past life.   The living-room waswere the biggest room in the flat. It waswere quite cosy. There waswere three windows and a lot of shelves and cupboards. There waswere many books on the shelves, apparently Sherlock read a lot. A gun waswere on one of the cupboards. There waswere also Sherlock's violin next to the telephone. The dinner table waswere in the middle of the room. Another table waswere against the wall; there waswere many objects related to crime on that table. But Lestrade waswere more interested in the part of the room which waswere opposite the main door: there waswere a fireplace, and there waswere two seats facing each other: Sherlock's large comfortable armchair was opposite Watson's old chair.   Sherlock appeared. "I didn't know incompetent bobbies waswere in my perfect living-room. What are you doing here, Lestrade?"   ...