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BEFORE READING GUESS WHAT
1 Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers

Activity
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a Alexander Holder takes the crown home from the bank. a1 b2 c1
d Mary takes the crown for Sir George Burnwell.

Answers
c Sir George Burnwell takes the crown from Mary. Activities pages 24–25
b Arthur takes the crown back from Burnwell. READING CHECK
2 b happens in the story b2 c3 d1 e1 f2
3 Open answers.
WORD WORK
1 lane, guilty, path, silence, innocent, remainder, greengrocer
Activities pages 6–7
2 b silence e lane
READING CHECK c innocent f greengrocer...guilty
1 b T d remainder
c F (The Holder and Stevenson Bank is one of the oldest London
GUESS WHAT
banks.)
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
d F (A man from the British royal family came to the bank.)
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
e T
c and e
f F (The man borrowed fifty thousand pounds from Holder.)
g T
h F (Holder saw a strange man in the front garden.) Activities pages 30–31
WORD WORK READING CHECK
1 b4 c7 d9 e6 f1 g 10 h 8 i 3 j 2 Holmes and Watson go back to Baker Street at three o’clock.
2 b carriage f crown... emerald Holmes puts on the clothes of a working man. Then he goes out.
c maid g gold He comes home with an old black shoe, and he gives it to Watson.
d lock...key h surprised Holmes then goes out again, and he arrives home after midnight.
e desk The next day, Holmes and Watson are having breakfast when
Holder comes to the house. Holder shows them a letter from his
GUESS WHAT niece, Mary.
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers Holmes asks Holder for a cheque, and Holder quickly writes a
now. They will find out as they read that c happens. cheque for three thousand pounds. Holmes then takes out the
missing corner of the Emerald Crown.
Activities pages 12–13 WORD WORK
READING CHECK b Don’t go to see that new film – it’s terrible!
b4 c7 d5 e1 f8 g6 h2 c My friend is in trouble because he was late for school this
WORD WORK morning.
1 d Our teacher sometimes explains new words to us in class.
Q C O N T I N U E V S e I don’t believe her because she never tells the truth.
GUESS WHAT
P L A Y C A R D S T L Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
O B S L M A R R Y W G now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a1 b3 c2
W R U F E B X O N I T
E Y R Y P M A H I L G Activities pages 38–39
READING CHECK
R W E C Y G T S E D R b Burnwell is one of the worst men in the country.
T H I E F J T Q C V L c Mary met Burnwell by the window on the stable lane.
d Arthur saw Mary go downstairs with the crown.
V Z X A D M I R E R S e In the fight Arthur hit Burnwell above the eye.
f Holmes found two sets of footprints in the snow in the stable
N F W K T U C Y M G E lane.
H A N D S O M E F X E g Holmes visited Burnwell’s house and spoke to his maid.
h Holmes took out his gun and put it to Burnwell’s head.
2 b attic f thief i Holder wants to say sorry to his son.
c niece g marry... wild
d play cards...sure h power WORD WORK
e admirer...handsome b pistol
c twisted
GUESS WHAT d blood...cut
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers e protect
now. They will find out as they read that the answer is c. f fit
GUESS WHAT
Activities pages 18–19 Open answers.
READING CHECK
a6 b3 c5 d1 e7 f2 g8 h4
WORD WORK
b loud f really
c hall g liar
d missing h crime
e investigate I case

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DOMINOES One
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Project A pages 40–41
1

Activity
What are the jewels called? the British crown jewels
Where can you find them? the Tower of London
How can you get there? by bus, or underground

Answers
train (Tower Hill station)
When can you visit? from 9 to 5.30 Tuesday to
Saturday; from 10 to 5.30
Sundays and Mondays
Which building are the jewels in? the Jewel House
What can you see there? different crowns, famous
swords and important
jewels from British Royal
Family’s past
What is the most famous crown? the Imperial State Crown
Can you describe it? gold, and has 2,868
diamonds, 17 sapphires,
and 11 emeralds

2 You can find the Austrian crown jewels at the Hofburg Palace. The
Hofburg Palace is in Vienna. It’s easy to get there by underground
train – the nearest underground station is Stephansplatz.
You can visit the crown jewels from ten o’clock to six o’clock
from Wednesday to Monday. The Hofburg Palace is closed on
Tuedays.
You can see the crown jewels in the Treasury. There are many
different crowns, famous swords, and important jewels from the
Austrian Imperial family’s past there. The most famous crown is
the Crown of Rudolph II. It is gold, and it has a very big emerald,
eight diamonds, many rubies and sapphires, a large pearl from
Panama, and smaller pearls from Persia in it.
3 Open answers.

Project B pages 42–44

1 the notes match with map c
2 I found some interesting footprints – they are Francis Prosper’s,
I think.
He went along the road, through the gate, down the path and
round the seat. He then stopped at the kitchen door for a long
time.
Then he came back up the path, over / through / across the
flower bed, across the lawn, through the gate and along the road
again.
3 a into f through
b across g up
c out h along
d down i past
e at j to
4 Possible answer:
Arthur went down the stairs and then he climbed through the
window. He went down the stable lane to the tree. There he
fought Burnwell for the crown. Then he came back up the lane,
climbed through the window again and went up the stairs.
Burnwell came up the stable lane, past the street light, round the
flower bed and up to the window. There he took the crown from
Mary. He went down the stable lane to the tree. There Arthur
fought him and took most of the crown back from him. After that,
Burnwell went away down the lane again.

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