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English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 26 (Answer Keys)
Who has done it?
A1 The detective story is sometimes called 'whodunit' because the reader has to work out who did it, who
committed the crime.
answer: (b) out
A2 The skill of course of the writing is how many times a reader can be sent up blind alleys.
answer: (c) blind
A3 Another way of putting this is how many red herrings the author can throw in the reader's path.
answer: (d) herrings
A4 The idea is to keep the readers in a permanent state of suspense so that they never know what's going to
happen next.
answer: (a) suspense
A5 As the plot unfolds, you find yourself agreeing with one character's solution and then another's.
answer: (b) unfolds
A6 As a result you feel as if you are walking in a maze since at each turning you come to a block end.
answer: (c) maze
A7 One of the best known detectives is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot who uses what he calls his little grey
cells — his brains.
answer: (b) cells
A8 Invariably Poirots calls all the suspects together in the last part of the story.
answer: (d) suspects
A9 One by one he eliminates the innocent until finally the murderer is unmasked.
answer: (c) eliminates
A10 The thing that always surprises me is the fact that the murderer bothers to take part in the final meeting.
answer: (b) part
