UNIT 6. 6A, page 54
Exercise 1
1 keyhole
2 window ledge
3 bookshelf
4 lightshade
5 flowerbed
6 hairbrush
7 writing paper
8 chair leg
Exercise 4
1 purpose
2 part
3 purpose
4 part
5 purpose
6 purpose
7 purpose
8 part
Exercise 6
The Inspector thinks the owner of Riverford Manor took the painting and has made its disappearance look like a burglary.
Exercise 7
1 There are no footprints in the flower bed and there should be footprints because it's wet.
2 There are no footprints or mud on the windowsill.
3 There is a footstool on top of the coffee table. The stool has been put there very carefully and there are no scratches on the coffee table. A thief wouldn't have been so careful.
UNIT 6. 6B, page 55
Exercise 1
c
Exercise 2
1 Lustig told the men that the Eiffel Tower was becoming too expensive to maintain.
2 He said that the Government had decided to sell it
3 He told them they couldn't tell anyone else about it.
4 She said Lustig wasn't telling them the truth.
5 Lustig told him he was acting strangely because he expected a bribe.
6 So Poisson said to Lustig that he would give him a large bribe.
7 Poisson told his wife that Lustig had tricked him.
Exercise 3
2 past continuous
3 past perfect
4 past perfect
5 could/couldn't
6 would / wouldn't
Exercise 4
In sentence 3 you changes to they.
In sentence 5 I changes to he.
In sentence 6 I changes to he, and you changes :o him.
In sentence 7 me changes to him.
Exercise 5
1 c
2 d
3 a
4 e
5 f
6 b
Exercise 6
1 (He said) he was doing his (homework) that day.
2 (She said) she didn't understand my/our (question).
3 (He said) they had sold their (car) the month before.
4 (He said) he would give her her (book back) the next day.
Exercise 8
2 told
My dad told me I'd done really well.
3 said
The singer said it would be a great show.
4 said
She said to her boyfriend she couldn't find her purse.
5 told
My aunt told me she was going on holiday the next week.
6 told
Our teacher told us we didn't need our books that day.
UNIT 6. 6C, page 56
Exercise 3
'The job' is to kill Elliston's wife.
Exercise 4
1 looks
2 left
3 wife
4 hands
5 steal
6 Eliston
Exercise 5
No, he doesn't follow Elliston's instructions. He kills the wrong person. He uses his left hand only and he hides rather than steals the jewellery box.
Exercise 6
1 out
2 up
3 in
4 under
5 back
6 into
7 through
8 out
Exercise 7
1 No, he doesn't. He had seen her face through the window of the servants'room and knew who she was. He covered her face with a blanket because he didn't want Elliston to see her face and realise what had happened.
2 He wants to make it look like Elliston has killed her.
3 He is disobeying Elliston's instructions to make it look like a burglary. This is further evidence that he wants to make it look like Elliston has killed her.
4 Elliston will realise what has happened as soon as he sees the victim's face and realises his wife is still alive.