Do you know the name of this writer?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
What are Conan Doyle`s famous works?
Stories about Sherlock Holmes
Read and watch the writer's biography and answer the questions:
1. When and where was Conan Doyle born?
2. What jobs had he got?
3. When did the first novel of Sherlock Holmes appear?
4. How many stories about Sherlock Holmes did the author write?
1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
2. He was a novelist, photographer, sportsman,ophthalmologist, ship doctor.
3. His first work A Study in Scarlet appeared in 1887.
4. He wrote 56 stories about the famous detective.
Read and watch the writer's biography and answer the questions:
5. How many times was the writer married?
6. Why did Conan Doyle become interested in spiritualism?
7. What is The Lost World about?
8. When did the author die?
5. He was married twice and had 5 children.
6. After the death of his wife, son, brother, 2 brothers-in-law, 2 nephews he became interested in spiritualism.
7. It is about an expedition to the Amazon Rainforest in South America.
8. He died in July 1930.
Military campaigning
After the outbreak of the Boer War (1899–1902; a war between the British and the northern natives or Boers of South Africa for control of the area, which the British won), Doyle had served as a volunteer doctor in the Langman Field Hospital at Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1900 . .
Match the sentences (A-G) to the gaps (1-6)
Answer Key
1 E
2 C
3 F
4 A
5 G
6 B
Match the words to their meanings. Make up your sentences.
1. endure
2. motionless
3. yelped
4. concealed
5. glittered
6. monstrous
7. gleam
8. ecstasy
9. for
1. put up with
2. not moving
3. cried out
4. hidden
5. sparkled
6. huge
7. shine
8. extreme happiness
9. because
triumphantly: with a sense of victory
upright: vertical
track: a narrow path through a field or forest
swamp: an area of very wet land
clearing: an area in a forest where there is no tall vegetation
slate-coloured: a dark greyish colour
scales: small flat pieces of hard skin that covers certain animals’ bodies
broad: wide
sight: something you see
clumsy: awkward or careless
hopping: jumping up and down on one foot
thuds: dull sounds
bunch: a group of (flowers/grapes)
shimmering: to shine with a faint light
trunks: main stems of trees
comrades: friends
fake: a fake is sb or sth that is not what they pretend to be; an imitation
specimens: examples of sth or small quantities of sth to be used for study
praise: to express approval
Find words that mean big in the extract
huge
great
big
large
monstrous
enormous
Find all words related to animals and list them under the headings:
three-toed feet, five-fingered forepaws, tails, feet, skins, muscles, brain,
heads, hand, cheeks, face
Parts of body
birds, elephants, lizards, kangaroos,
crocodiles, iguanas
Types
human,
dinosaurs
Classes
Who/What is compared to:
- little children?
- elephants?
- a human hand?
- a lizard?
- great beasts?
- crocodiles?
- kangaroos?
the two professors
the baby dinosaurs
footprint of the dinosaur
the dinosaurs (iguanadons)
GROUP WORK. Imagine you are part of the expedition Tell your girl-friend about what you saw.
