7 Picture 1: Who was James Marshall? James Marshall was a builder.
Picture 2: What was Amy's father?
Picture 3: Who was very happy?
Picture 4: Where were Amy and her family?
Picture 5: Where was Amy's father for several months?
Picture 6: What was Amy's idea?
Picture 7: What was Amy's mother?
Picture 8: Why was Amy's father disappointed?
Picture 9: What was there more gold from?
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Order and write the sentences.
Amy's father was very excited.
1 was / Amy's / excited / father / very
2 journey / in /was / long/a/The /wagon
3 mother/ worried / her / Amy / were / and
4 wild / Many / and/miners / violent/were
5 rivers / The / full / gold / weren't/ of​

1 Read the text and answer the following questions.

1 How old was Arthur Conan Doyle when he started studying at a Jesuit school? he was nine years old

2 Who was the inspiration for the character of Sherlock Holmes? Professor Dr. Joseph Bell

3 What was Arthur Conan Doyle's first job? he worked as a doctor aboard Mayumba, a ship travelling from Liverpool to Africa

4 How many books about Sherlock Holmes did Arthur Conan Doyle write? about sixty

5 How many daughters did Arthur Conan Doyle have? two (one with Louisa Hawkins and one with Jean Leckie)

6 What does Professor Challenger find in South America? living prehistoric animals

7 What was the last book about Sherlock Holmes? The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

2) Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1 Arthur Conan Doyle came from a poor family. F (his parents were rich)

2 Doyle's father had some problems with drinking. T

3 Doyle's mother liked books and told her son interesting stories. T

4 Doyle went to university with other famous writers. T

5 The Sign of Four was the first book about Sherlock Holmes. F (A Study in Scarlet was the first Sherlock Holmes book)

6 Doyle's second wife died of tuberculosis. F (his first wife died of tuberculosis)

7 Arthur Conan Doyle wrote some books about spiritualism. T

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