Short Stories Spackled Band Tasks

SHERLOCK HOLMES. SHORT STORIES.

THE SPECKLED BAND

CHAPTER 1

Helen’s Story

Tasks p.1-3

1. Translate the new words and make sentences with them:

 Perhaps, violent, servant, downstairs, gypsy

2. Translate the new phrases and make sentences with them:

 In the country, to go to prison, to look at, next to, to marry sb

3. Answer the questions:

- Who came to visit Mr. Holmes one day?

- How did Helen Stoner look like?

- Retell her story, please.

- Why did her sister die?

- Describe, please, the position of the rooms in their house.

SHERLOCK HOLMES. SHORT STORIES.

CHAPTER 2

Holmes and Watson Visit the House

Tasks p.1-3

1. Translate the new words and make sentences with them:

 Bell-rope, servant, business paper, be in danger, violent

 2. Translate the new phrases and make sentences with them:

 Put in, put a light in, wait for, find out, How clever of you!

3. Answer the questions:

- What did Holmes and Watson do in the morning?

- What was mended in the house?

- What was wrong with Julia’s room?

- What did Holmes decide to do next evening?

SHERLOSK HOLMES. SHORT STORIES.

CHAPTER 3

Death in the Night

Tasks p.11-13

1. Translate the new words and make sentences with them:

 Quietly, speckled, band, poison, air-vent

2. Translate the new phrases and make sentences with them:

To hit, to mean, to shake, to whistle, to go back through

3. Answer the questions:

- What did Holmes and Watson do in the evening?

- What happened in the house?

- What happened to Mr Roylott?

- What was in the metal box?

- What happened to Helen in the end of the chapter?