Read the text. Are the statements true (✓) or false (x)?
ndrew Lane
writes books for
He is famous in Britain
and the USA. He is
the writer of the Young
Sherlock Holmes
detective stories.
In Andrew's stories,
the famous detective
Sherlock Holmes is a teenager. He goes to
school and he likes boxing and music. He
is learning to play the violin and he is good
at Science. Fourteen-year-old Sherlock is
already a clever detective. He solves cases
like murders and robberies. In the first book,
Death Cloud, he lives with his aunt in England.
He solves his first murder with his friend.
Matty Arnatt. In the second book, Red Leech,
young Sherlock goes to the USA.
Andrew Lane takes six months to write each
story. There are already six books. He wants
to write another three books. He is also
the writer of books about the famous time
traveller. Dr Who. Andrew Lane is a very good
writer and his books are exciting to read!
1
X
1 Andrew Lane is a detective.
2 He is famous only in America.
3 He writes about the detective
Sherlock Holmes
4 Sherlock is a schoolboy in the stories.
5 Matty Arnatt is a detective and he lives with
his aunt.
6 All the Sherlock stories are set in England.
7 Andrew Lane can write a book in six months
