This worksheet is designed to accompany the reader “Sherlock Holmes – The Red-Headed League” by Sweet Cherry Publishing. It helps students work with key scenes, characters and language from the story while practising reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar.

Included tasks:

• Pre-reading questions on the cover and pictures to activate prior knowledge and make predictions

• Vocabulary exercise on important detective story words (e.g. detective, case, client, pawnbroker, newspaper advertisement)

• Practice and consolidation of comparative and superlative adjectives (-er / -est, more / most, as … as, plus irregular forms such as worse) in the context of the story

• True/False items to check detailed understanding

• Ordering task: arranging the main plot events in the correct sequence

• Creative writing task: diary entry from Dr Watson’s perspective

The material is suitable for lower secondary learners around A2 level (CEFR) and can be used after reading the book, for revision, as homework or as part of an assessment.

A complete answer key is included.