Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 17

Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 17
Sherlock Holmes

Name __________________________________ Date ____________

1. Read the paragraph. Fill in the blanks with words from the book.
Mr Jackson works for the police. He is a clever _______________ who never rests until he finds out the person who committed a _______________. Whenever there is a difficult case that the police cannot _______________, his boss asks him to take it. Mr Jackson always _______________ thoroughly. He collects fingerprints, blood and other evidence from the _______________, and he interviews relatives, friends and neighbours of the victim. Mr Jackson’s conclusions are always _______________ on facts.
Two months ago, Mr Jackson investigated the disappearance of Mr Larson. He went hunting with his _______________ , a five-year-old dog called Rex. Mr Larson and Rex never came home. Mr Jackson learned that Mr Larson _______________ lots of money from his rich uncle who had died a month before. He also learned that Mr Larry _______________ his flat recently, with new paint and new carpets. In spite of that, he had an argument with his _______________ , Mrs North, because he hadn't paid the rent for his flat for four months! However, Mr Jackson didn't suspect her because she is a very old lady. Mr Jackson still does not know what happened to Mr Larson and he is still working on the case.

2. Read this group of words. Place them into the right column. Then write one sentence with each.
worried - cinema - living room - angry - museum -
frightened - bored - flat - sad - university

adjective of feeling	place

1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________
6. ___________________________________________________________
7. ___________________________________________________________
8. ___________________________________________________________
9. ___________________________________________________________
10. ___________________________________________________________

3. Complete the analogy with a word from the unit. Follow the example.
An analogy is a way to show different kinds of relationships between words. Below you can see an example. The sentence in brackets is how we read an analogy aloud.
Example: laugh : happy :: cry : sad (Laugh is to happy as cry is to sad.) Laughing shows that you're happy and crying shows that you're sad.

Read the analogy and fill in the blank with a word from the unit.
1. interest : interested :: surprise : ____________________
2. first : second :: ____________________ : fourth
3. steal : thief :: investigate : ____________________
4. shoot : kill :: run away : ____________________

4. Write an antonym for each word. Follow the example.
Example: right - wrong
1. death - ____________________
2. interested - ____________________
3. tiny - ____________________

5. Give one word that means the following.

1. a police officer whose job is to discover the person who is responsible for a crime

_____________________________________________________________

2. an old well-known story, often about brave people and their actions and adventures

_____________________________________________________________

3. relating to someone's body rather than their mind

_____________________________________________________________

4. the place where an accident or crime happened

_____________________________________________________________

5. people or events from a book or story that are not real

_____________________________________________________________

6. Use your Active Study dictionary to find the following:

a. the example sentence of:

1. government: ____________________________________________________

2. bright: ________________________________________________________

3. dead: _________________________________________________________

b. three words that contain "man".

1. ____________________

2. ____________________

3. ____________________

c. three words that would appear on the pages between the entries "sprain" and "squat"

1. ____________________

2. ____________________

3. ____________________

Secondary 1 - Vocabulary - Unit 17
Sherlock Holmes
ANSWERS

1.

Mr Jackson works for the police. He is a clever detective who never rests until he finds out the person who committed a crime. Whenever there is a difficult case that the police cannot solve his boss asks him to take it. Mr Jackson always investigates thoroughly. He collects fingerprints, blood and other evidence from the scene, and he interviews relatives, friends and neighbours of the victim. Mr Jackson’s conclusions are always based on facts.

Two months ago, Mr Jackson investigated the disappearance of Mr Larson. He went hunting with his hound, a five-year-old dog called Rex. Mr Larson and Rex never came home. Mr Jackson learned that Mr Larson inherited lots of money from his rich uncle who had died a month before. He also learned that Mr Larry decorated his flat recently, with new paint and new carpets. In spite of that, he had an argument with his landlady , Mrs North, because he hadn't paid the rent for his flat for four months! However, Mr Jackson didn't suspect her because she is a very old lady. Mr Jackson still does not know what happened to Mr Larson and he is still working on the case.

2.

adjective of feeling	place
worried angry frightened bored sad	cinema living room museum flat university

1 - 10 Answers will vary

3.

1. interest : interested :: surprise : surprised

2. first : second :: third : fourth

3. steal : thief :: investigate : detective

4. shoot : kill :: run away : escape

4.

1. death - life

2. interested - bored

3. tiny - enormous

5.

1. detective

2. legend

3. physical

4. scene

5. fictional

6.

a.

1. The government has promised to improve the standards of education.

2. Her dress was bright red.

3. Her mother's been dead for two years.

b. Answers will vary.

c. Answers will vary

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