It Stands To Reason

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1. The murder have occured after ten o'clock. Mr. Flame the secretary, know who telephoned. After all Mr flame answerd the phone.

2. It been either the nephew or the secretary; both had a motive.

3. His wife committed the murder. She was in New York at the time.

4. The victim not have known his killer, but I suspect that he did. After all, there was no sign of a struggle.

5. The police were called half an hour ago. They be here shortly. After all, we aren't that far from the police station.

6. The wife known that her husband was at the pub, because he hadn't planned to go there.