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Answer keys LEVEL 3 Teacher Support Programme

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool

Book key 23 –26  Open answers
27 a Yes
1 a guilty b No
b lips c No
c servant d Yes
d wound e Yes
2 a Dr Watson f Yes
b Charles McCarthy g No
c Patience Moran h No
d James McCarthy 28 –39  Open answers
e Arthur Conan Doyle
3 Open answers Discussion activities key
4 a  ?  b  3  c  3  d  ?  e  3  f  3 1–3  Open answers
5 a following his father with a gun. 4 Suggested answers:
b lift his arm. On the train, Holmes says James was following his
c wounds made by something thick and heavy. father.
d someone called ‘Cooee!’ James says he was not following his father.
e he ran back to the pool. 5 Open answers
6 –10  Open answers 6 The important thing is: He was in Victoria, Australia.
11 a  7  b  3  c  3  d  3  e  7  f  7  g  3  h  7 7–9  Open answers
12–15  Open answers 10 Possible answers:
16 a  f  b  i  c  g  d  h  e  j • A cigar end
17 1  c  2  e  3  b  4  f  5  a  6  d  7  h  8  g • He knows that the murderer killed McCarthy with
18 a Holmes says this to Lestrade. Lestrade is sure that this stone.
James killed his father but Holmes disagrees. 11 Possible answers:
b Lestrade says this to Holmes. Holmes is thinking • He found ash from the Indian cigar.
about the strange friendship between McCarthy • He found a cigar end.
and Turner. Lestrade thinks this is not important. • He found a lot of footmarks.
c Holmes says this to Lestrade because he can see • He found a stone (the murder weapon).
Lestrade’s footmarks everywhere. • I think he knows the murderer now.
d Holmes says this to Watson and Lestrade and • Perhaps he is writing a letter to John Turner.
to himself. He is explaining the meaning of the 12–15  Open answers
footmarks. 16 Possible answers:
e Holmes says this to Watson and Lestrade because • The murderer dropped his coat only fifteen yards away
he is going to visit Mr Moran. from the body.
19 –20  Open answers • Holmes could tell which footmarks belong to which
21 a left person.
b bad 17 Possible answers:
c coat • I knew it when Lestrade said he was ill.
d cigars • I knew it when Holmes was talking about Ballarat.
e pocket-knife 18 –20  Open answers
22 a Australians
b last Activity worksheets key
c footmarks 1 a 2
d left b 3
e cut c 1

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Answer keys LEVEL 3 Teacher Support Programme

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool

2 a Boscombe 8 a  2  b  4  c  1  d  3
b eighteen 9 a  3  b  5  c  6  d  1  e  4  f  2  g  12  h  10
c Australia i  9  j  7  k  11  l  8
d about six 10 a  4  b  3  c  5  d  2  e  1
e Boscombe 11 a a hundred
f Hatherley b one hundred and fifty
g John Turner c fifteen
h James 12 a James’s father called to him before he saw him.
i eighteen James’s father told James something about a rat
j two before he dies.
k Australia b McCarthy called, ‘Cooee!’ He expected to meet
l Monday, 3 June someone who knew Australia. The murderer felt
m three o’clock at home in the Valley. Strangers cannot usually go
n Boscombe Pool there.
o James
p gun Progress test key
q gun 1 a  7  b  3  c  7  d  3  e  3  f  7  g  3  h  7
3 a  5  b  3  c  6  d  4  e  2  f  1 2 a Herefordshire
4 a We shall see where that path takes us. b Australia
b It is all quite clear and it becomes clearer with every c Hatherley
new fact. d Boscombe
c She was one of the prettiest girls that I have ever e Bristol
seen in my life. 3 a soft-hearted
d Clearly the murderer hit him from behind. b behind
5 a Because he is already married. c sunny
b To see the bar woman who is his wife. d front
c Because his wife has written to say that she and e rough
James are not really married. 4 a  3  b  1  c  4  d  2
d Because McCarthy thought his son was away from 5 a Mr McCarthy > Mr Turner
home, and did not know when he was coming b knew > didn’t know
back. c the murderer > innocent; or is > isn’t
e Because the Turners are rich and the McCarthys d glasses > magnifying glass
seem quite poor. e London > Australia (or Victoria)
6 a  W  b  H  c  L  d  H  e  L 6 a  1  b  2  c  2  d  2  e  1
7 a It is a special call which Australians use.
b It is part of the name Ballarat, a mining town in
Australia.

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