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GRAMMAR CHECK GRAMMAR CHECK
Adjective + infinitive Prepositions of time: at, on, in
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We use be + adjective + infinitive with to to express our feelings about something We use at with times and holidays li e Christmas. We a l so say at the weekend,
that we or other people do. at night, and at midnight.
I'm sorry to hear this, Mr McFarlane. He walked into my office at three o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Sometimes the adjective describes the infinitive that comes after it, and not the We use on with days, dates, and expressions with days like Monday morning or
subject of the sentence. Mother's Day.
Is it important to know why Oldacre wrote his yvill on a train� The photograph arrived on the day that she married John McFarlane's f a ther.
We use in with weeks, months, seasons, years, and centuries. We also say in the
4 Complete the interview between Lestrade and Mcfarlane with the words from morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening.
the box.
One morning in the summer of 1894.
happy to do ..s1 1r p r is e a to g er sorry to say funny to see
Complete the sentences with at, on, or in. Then put the sentences in order 1-10.
impossible to explain astonished to read pleased to meet ten thirty and didn't see McFarlane leave. 0
a Mrs Lexington went to bed . . . 01:' . . .
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easy to understand happy to leave sad to learn
b Oldacre put a bloody thumbprint on the wall ....... ..... Wednesday night. 0
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Scotland Yard, 23rd August 1894 c The police arrested McFarlane at Sherlock Holmes' house .. . . . . . . . .. about
Investigation: The murder of Mr Jonas Oldacre, 64, of Deep Dene House, 1 0 a.m. on Wednesday. D
Sydenham Road, Norwood d Early . . .... . . . ... Wednesday morning, McFarlane took a train into London after
Arrested: Mr John McFarlane, 27, of Torrington Lodge, Blackheath. 0
a night in a Norwood hotel.
a Oldacre asked McFarlane to visit him in Norwood ..... .. ..... the evening. 0
Lestrade: How well did you know Jonas Qfdacre?
McFarlane: I only met him for the first time two days ago. I knew his name, but I was very f The crime happened . ... ....... August, 1894. [I]
) surnrised to ae+ a v1s1 rom im on ues ay m my o ce.
� a . . . . . . ·r: . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . ·J· . . . . · ·t f h" T d · ffi • The police found the thumbprint ...... ...... Thursday morning 0

"\ Lestrade: What did you talk about? h When Sherlock Holmes v i sited Norwood ... . ..... ... the afternoon on Wednesday,
J McFarlane: Oldacre said he was b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . me. He told me that he wanted me to copy there was no fingerprint on the wall. D
a will, and I said that I was c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . it for him. But when I started to
\ copy the will, I was d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that he wanted to leave everything to mal McFarlane arrived at Norwood . . . . . . . . .... about nine o'clock. D
Oldacre laughed, and then said it was e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the surprise on my faoe. Oldacre visited McFarlane ...... ..... . the day of the crime, a Tuesday. D
Lestrade: Why do you think that Oldacre wanted to leave you his money?
McFarlane: Well, it isn't very f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that. He said that he didn't have any childru11
f and that he liked my parents, so he was g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the money to me.
\ Lestrade: Were you h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of his death?
{ McFarlane: Of course I was - and frightened too. You think that I killed him.
Lestrade: Well, perhaps you did. I'm i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that we've found your thumbprint 1 1 1
\ Mr Oldacre's blood. How can you explain that?
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• McFarlane: I can't. That's j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , but I didn't murder him!
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