Inglés II (1er idioma)
“Elementary, my dear Watson”
Nombre del alumno/a:
¿A quién no les gusta un buen misterio? Los detectives, sean CSI, Sherlock (el nuevo) o El mentalista,
siempre están de moda. Ahora vas a unirte al cuerpo de investigadores para resolver un crimen.
Once again your help is required in a police investigation. Your job is to examine the suspects and their
motives, and try to decide who is responsible. Can you find the murderer?
1. Listen to this introduction to the investigation and answer the following questions about the
story: (18pts)
1. Where did Sir Andy and his family live?
2. How long had the couple been married?
3. Describe the object with which Sir Andy was murdered.
4. Who is Michelle?
5. What’s Sharon Goonen’s job?
6. Choose two people in the picture and present them in a sentence using relative constructions (e.g.:
nº 1 is Peter, who works as a chauffeur for the family).
n.1: Peter, Sir Andy’s chauffeur
n.2: Michelle Baker
n.3: Tom Baker
n.4: Mary Stokes
n.5: Sharon Goonen
n.6: Dave, his son
n.7: Sir Andy Stokes
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2. Look at these clues and use the words in brackets and modals of deduction in the past (must/may
/might/could/can’t + have + participle) to explain what each clue may indicate. The first one has
been done as an example. (36pts)
CLUE
ELEMENTS
YOUR SENTENCE OF DEDUCTION
0: A silver vase was missing from the
room.
(murderer/steal)
1: The window to the study was open.
(murderer/escape)
2: A piece of dark-coloured material was
found hanging on the window.
(murderer/tear)
3: Jack Stokes had debts of £12,000.
(Jack/kill Sir Andy
because...)
4: Sir Andy was writing a letter when he
died, but part of the letter is missing.
(murderer/take)
5: Sir Andy Stokes' watch was broken.
The time said 11.05.
(murder/take
place)
6: In Sir Andy Stokes's pocket there was
a note saying "Meet me in the garden at
11. M "
(Mary Stokes or
Michelle
Baker/write the
message)
(Michelle/go out to
the garden)
7: At 10.50 p.m. Sharon Goonen was in
the kitchen and she heard the front door
open and saw Michelle go out of the
house.
8: At 11.00 Mary Stokes went to take Sir
Andy his cocao.
9: At about 11.15, Sharon saw Mary
Stokes come back into the house.
The murderer must have stolen it.
(she/be there just
before the murder)
(go out to the
garden through the
window of the
study)
3. Choose the construction of the modal that best expresses the deduction after each clue: (10pts)
Clue 1: The silver vase was found outside in the garden. It was dented.
The murderer …
a) must have stolen it. b) can’t have stolen it. c) can’t have lost it.
Clue 2: Sir Andy's will left £15,000 to his brother, Jack.
Jack … Sir Andy because of the money.
a) might have killed
b) may has killed
c) should have killed
Clue 3: Dave says he heard his parents having an argument at about 10.30.
Sir Andy and his wife ... a bad relationship.
a) couldn’t have had b) might not have had
c) must have had
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Clue 4: At about 11.05, Sharon Goonen saw Michelle Baker come back into the house.
Michelle ... in the garden.
a) mustn’t have got impatient b) might have got impatient c) must have got impatient
Conclusion: M…. the murderer.
a) can have been
b) could have been
c) must have been
Can you guess who the murderer is?
4. Joe Dandy, reporter from The Daily Scandal, published a report on the murder. Read his article
and complete the spaces with the missing linkers from the box: (18pts)
Murder I wrote!- by Joe Dandy
At 11.30 on 4 December police were called to investigate a
crime at Filthyrich hall, home of Sir Andy Stokes, the wellknown millionaire. There they found that Sir Andy had been
brutally murdered! The first officers on the scene
immediately cordoned off the area ______(1) the press and
TV cameras could not reach the crime scene- but ____ (2)
this, our ace reporter, Joe Dandy still managed to get the
details!
The police proceeded to interview those people present
_______ (3) discard them as suspects. _____ (4) the savage
nature of the crime, police from the first believed that it was
a crime of passion: _______(5) Sir Andy was married, he was
known to be a lady’s man, ____(6) an angry ex-lover was an
obvious possibility. ____(7) Mr. Stokes’ wealth and
importance in the area, top police officers were also close
by. ______ (8), the police solved the crime- it was the wife
who did it! Apparently, _______ (9) having ignored her
husband’s many other romantic liaisons, Mrs. Stokes was
unable to accept Sir Andy’s relationship with her own best friend, Michelle Baker. Who says being rich
makes you happy?
More news on the rich and famous in next week’s issue!
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in spite of
in the end due to
despite
so that owing to
REVISION_________________________________________________________________
5. Do you remember Conditional Sentences? Complete these Conditional constructions, according
to the level they belong to: (18pts)
1. If I had a computer, I .................(type) it myself.
2. Unless they turn that radio off, I ..................(go) mad.
3. If you had told me that he never paid his debts, I ...............(not lend) him the money.
4. Dial 999 if you .....................(want) Police, Ambulance or Fire Brigade.
5. I could have enough if everyone....................(give) me 1 pound.
6. He may not arrive on time unless he ......................(take) a taxi.
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