The world of detective Colombo Ms Marple Hercule

The world of detective

Colombo

Ms Marple

Hercule Puarot

Sherlock Holmes

A good detective should do: To detect – to find out, notice of discover. (a suspect, a criminal, an evidence, a clue) To investigate – to try to find more information about, to examine the reasons of something. (a crime, a case ) To interrogate – to question formally for a special purpose. (a victim, a suspect, a witness) To suspect – to think that somebody is a criminal

Keys: 1 g, 2 e, 3 i, 4 b, 5 j, 6 c, 7 f, 8 d, 9 h, 10 k, 11 a

Logical deductions (suggestions). We use must or can’t to talk about something we are sure about (we have evidence of it) He must be Russian - he has a specific accent. (Он наверняка русский). She can’t be Russian - she has a perfect British accent. (Не может быть, что она русская) We use may, might or could to talk about something we are not certain about. They might be her parents. (Возможно/наверное они ее родители) We use the modal verb + have + V 3/ed to talk about the past. She’s in such a good mood. She must have had a good night’s sleep. (Она наверняка выспалась)

Detect a criminal. Make up a dialogue. Use: The criminal must be Annie, because… The thief might be Kathie, because… The thief can’t be Susan, because… I quite/totally agree with you… I can’t agree with you, because the criminal must be Susan, because…

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