SHERLOCK HOLMES Put the verbs in brackets in the past tense. Fill in the blanks in Sherlock Holmes' biography. This is the story about Sherlock Holmes, the most famous detective ever. He (be) born on 6th 1854, during Queen Victoria's reign. He(not be) raised in London, as most people believe. Instead, (spend) his childhood in the countryside with his parents and his older he brother Mycroft. When he(finish) high school, he... (study) at London University and... (become) a consulting detective. He (not want) to live in the countryside again, so he (move) to London permanently. Where he ..(live)? In the famous 221b Baker Street. The stories about his deductions and investigations became legendary, and so(do) he. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories he (write) many Sherlock Holmes' stories. How many (write)? Exactly sixty! In his books, he always (describe) how Sherlock and how much fun he .(smoke) a pipe, how he(play) the violin ..(have) doing chemical experiments in his flat. Sherlock (work) with his loyal friend, Doctor Watson. Together, there any mystery they couldn't solve. ..(not be) However, all Sherlock stories never really.. So, we could say that the real hero ..(happen),they (be) only fiction. (be) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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