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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8A - A murder mystery for the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Listen to part of the TV adaptation. The inspector questions Barbara. Write the information in the chart. Listen again and check. Then do the same for Gordon and Claudia.
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  3. Now listen to what happened. Who was the murderer? Why did he / she kill Mr Travers? Were you right?

Answer

a)

Amanda

  • She went for a walk.
  • 11.45
  • Jeremy's door opened and closed.
  • She hated him.

Barbara

  • She played cards with Gordon.
  • 11.30.
  • No.
  • No motive – she loved him.

Gordon

  • He played cards with Barbara. Then he stayed in the living room and had a glass of whisky.
  • He doesn’t remember.
  • No.
  • He wanted the business for himself.

Claudia

  • She went to her room and had a bath.
  • About 11.00.
  • She heard somebody go into Jeremy’s room at about 12.00. She thinks it was Amanda, but she didn’t see her.
  • She was in love with Jeremy, but Jeremy didn’t leave his wife, Amanda.

c)

The murderer was Gordon. He killed Jeremy because he wanted to marry Barbara. He says he was in love with her, but he probably wanted to marry her because her father was rich. Jeremy said that he couldn’t. He said, ‘If you marry Barbara, all my money goes to Claudia.’