Lesson 2B: Whodunnit?

A Words, words, words

A1 Listen and repeat. Flip to check the meaning.

A2 Match.

A3 Match.

A4 What do they do? Sort out.

B Reading and listening

B1 Freddie has prepared an Escape Room game for his friends. He has created a fictional character, Inspector Ridley, who can solve the most difficult cases. Read and try to work out how inspector Ridley solved these four cases.

Case 1
Mr Jones went to the police to report that his expensive watch was missing. He claimed that somebody had broken into his house and stolen it. When the police arrived, they carefully investigated the scene. The house was a mess. They found a broken vase on the floor. The window was broken, too, and there were muddy footprints on the floor. The police couldn’t work out what had happened, so they called Inspector Ridley for help.

Ridley looked around for a few minutes and quickly concluded the investigation. He told the police to arrest Mr Jones for lying to them. How did Inspector Ridley solve the case so easily?

Case 2
It was a cold winter morning. Mark Simpson woke up early. It was snowing outside, and he was feeling bored. He decided to call his friends, Jessica, Matt and Erica, to come over at 10 a.m. When they arrived, they found Mark dead on the sofa. They immediately called the police, who determined that Mark had been killed at 9 a.m. The police officers questioned everybody about what they were doing at that time. This is what they found out: Jessica was sleeping late because she had a terrible headache, Erica was playing golf with her boyfriend, and Matt was studying hard for an exam. The police officers were confused, so once again Inspector Ridley jumped in. He finished the investigation fast and found the killer. How did he do it so quickly?

Case 3
James Baines was killed on a hot August afternoon. His body was found by his son, who called the police right away. The police officers found that Mr Baines had had three visitors that day: his friend Jack, his brother John and his neighbour Jude. The officers questioned all three suspects, but they all had solid alibis. They desperately tried to solve the case, but they couldn’t come up with any good theories. They decided to call Inspector Ridley.

Ridley searched the house thoroughly and found a note under the desk. All the suspects watched Ridley nervously as he read the note. Were they all guilty? After a few minutes, Ridley solved the case. Who was the killer?

Case 4
Mrs Smith lived in a large villa that had a big garden at the back. She had a gardener named Oliver, who took care of the bushes, trees and flowers in it. He was a nice man, and he did his job well. Mrs Smith also had a beautiful, but somewhat aggressive, dog, Buddy. One day, Oliver arrived at Mrs Smith’s house, leaning on a cane, and claimed that her dog had bitten him. He asked for some money in compensation. Mrs Smith was very suspicious, so she called Inspector Ridley to help her. When Ridley arrived, he found the dog lying peacefully in the garden. Ridley asked to take a look at the front-door camera footage, and soon realised that Oliver was lying. How did he know?

B2 After you have solved each case, ask your teacher for a number you will use to crack the code. Have you got the right code? Listen, and check your solutions.

OK, everyone. Listen closely, and see how well you’ve done in these crime riddles. Crime number one wasn’t a difficult case at all. Inspector Ridley looked around the room and saw that the footsteps led from the door to the window, and not the other way round. Also, there was no broken glass inside, which meant that the window hadn’t been broken from the outside. If you got it right, your first number should be number 8.

Let’s take a look at case number two. One alibi makes no sense at all. Take a look at the weather! It was snowing that morning; you can’t play golf in the snow! Erica needs to learn how to lie better. Or maybe she doesn’t, as she’ll spend many years in prison! Your second number is 4.

Let’s see how Ridley cracked case number three. You must always investigate the crime scene carefully. Since the victim was afraid that the killer would find the note with his name on it, he wrote it in a secret code. “The first of June” means ‘the first letter of the month of June’. That’s how you get the letter J. If you do the same for the other three months, you get the letters J U D E, which means that the killer’s name is Jude. It was the neighbour! Did you manage to solve the mystery? If you did, your next number is 1.

On to the last case: case number four! Not the easiest one, I admit. But not impossible to solve, if you look at the camera images carefully. Oliver was first holding the cane in his right hand, but, while he was leaving, he was holding it in his left hand. He was obviously faking the injury! Did you get it? If so, your last number is number 5.

That’s it, everyone! Did you crack all the cases? If you got the 8415 code, then you have extremely sharp minds. Well done, Sherlocks!

B3 Read the texts again. Complete the tables with the missing adverbs.

C Grammar time

C1 Look at the examples below. Then complete the rule with 'adjectives' and 'adverbs of manner'.

Adjectives Adverbs of manner quick⇒ quickly
⇒⇒ ⇐⇐⇐⇐⇐⇐⇐ careful ⇒ carefully
It was an easy case. Inspector Ridley solved the case easily. BUT! good ⇒ well
The exam was hard. He studied hard. hard ⇒ hard
⇐⇐⇐⇐⇐ ⇐⇐⇐⇐⇐ fast ⇒ fast

A Words, words, words

A1 Listen and repeat. Flip to check the meaning.

A1 Listen and repeat. Flip to check the meaning.

A1 Listen and repeat. Flip to check the meaning.

A1 Listen and repeat. Flip to check the meaning.

A1 Listen and repeat. Flip to check the meaning.

A1 Listen and repeat. Flip to check the meaning.

A4 What do they do? Sort out.

B Reading and listening

B1 Freddie has prepared an Escape Room game for his friends. He has created a fictional character, Inspector Ridley, who can solve the most difficult cases. Read and try to work out how inspector Ridley solved these four cases.

B2 After you have solved each case, ask your teacher for a number you will use to crack the code. Have you got the right code? Listen, and check your solutions.

C Grammar time

C2 Read the sentences. Find adjectives and adverbs.

C3 Choose the correct word.

C4 Turn adjectives into adverbs.

C4 Turn adjectives into adverbs.

Lesson 2B: Whodunnit?

A Words, words, words

A1 Listen and repeat. Flip to check the meaning.

A2 Match.

A3 Match.

A4 What do they do? Sort out.

B Reading and listening

B1 Freddie has prepared an Escape Room game for his friends. He has created a fictional character, Inspector Ridley, who can solve the most difficult cases. Read and try to work out how inspector Ridley solved these four cases.

B2 After you have solved each case, ask your teacher for a number you will use to crack the code. Have you got the right code? Listen, and check your solutions.

B3 Read the texts again. Complete the tables with the missing adverbs.

C Grammar time

C1 Look at the examples below. Then complete the rule with 'adjectives' and 'adverbs of manner'.

C2 Read the sentences. Find adjectives and adverbs.

C3 Choose the correct word.

C4 Turn adjectives into adverbs.

Lesson 2B

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