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PHOTOCOPIABLE WORKSHEET DATE

Level 1 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Reading and Writing Skills

READING
Understanding the story.

1 Read this short extract from the story.


Read the questions and circle the
correct answers below. If you don’t
have enough information to circle
A (Right) or B (Wrong),
circle Doesn’t say (C).

Dr Mortimer reads: “On the night
of the 4th of May Sir Charles Baskerville goes
out for a walk as usual. But he does not return. At twelve o’clock his
butler Barrymore, goes to look for Sir Charles. Barrymore finds the dead body
of Sir Charles near a small gate which opens onto the moor. There are no signs
of violence. Sir Charles’s closest relative is Mr Henry Baskerville, the son of Sir
Charles Baskerville’s younger brother. Sir Henry lives in America.”
“Thank you,” says Sherlock Holmes. “Is that all?”


a) Sir Charles Baskerville often goes out for walks.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

b) On the 4th May Sir Charles never comes back from his walk.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

c) Barrymore is Sir Charles’s younger brother.


A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

d) There are signs of violence on Sir Charles’s body.


A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

e) Barrymore sees a hound running through the small gate.


A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

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PHOTOCOPIABLE EXIT TEST
Level 1 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reading and Writing Skills

2 Complete the conversations. What does Holmes say to Watson?
Complete the dialogue with the answers in the box below

Watson: Why does Stapleton buy a huge hound and paint it with phosphorus?
Holmes: 1 …………………..……………................................................................................................................………
Watson: How do you know Sir Henry’s letter is from a lady?
Holmes: 2 …………………..……………................................................................................................................………
Watson: Why does Stapleton take Sir Henry’s boot from the hotel?
Holmes: 3 …………………..……………................................................................................................................………
Watson: Why do you stay in a cave on the moor while you say you are in London?
Holmes: 4 …………………..……………................................................................................................................………
Watson: What does the portrait of Hugo Baskerville tell you?
Holmes: 5 …………………..……………................................................................................................................………

A So the hound has a scent to follow.


B That Stapleton is a Baskerville too, the son of Sir Charles’s younger brother.
C He plans to use it to frighten old Sir Charles to death.
D It smells of ‘White Jasmine’ perfume.
E So I can watch Stapleton in secret.
PHOTOCOPIABLE EXIT TEST
Level 1 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reading and Writing Skills

WRITING

3 Look at the words in the box. Write them in the correct column below.
detective sister blond teacher butler wife brother
husband rich tall thin son doctor short

Job Family member Describing word


teacher son blond

4 Write three descriptions of characters from The Hound of the Baskervilles.


You can use some of the words from exercise 3.
His/her name is .............................................................................................................
He/she is a teacher/doctor/detective/wife
He is tall/thin/short/blond/young/old/rich/clever/greedy
In the story, he/she .............................................................................................................

5 Imagine what happens after the end of the story. Does Sir Henry stay in Devon?
Does Stapleton return? What happens to Mrs Stapleton? Write a few lines below.

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