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 1 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 2 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! th 3 although in order to so 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. 4