TELLING FACT FROM FICTION (2NB) Answers

Exercise 11 T           2 F            3 F                                                             

4 T           5 F            6 T

Exercise 2

1 F (although some people believe he is based on a real person)
2 T
3 F


Exercise 3

Robin Hood: His greatest enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham; Piers Plowman is one of the earliest poems in which his name appears; Sherwood Forest is the place where he lived.

Florence Nightingale: She became known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ during the Crimean War; St Thomas's is the hospital where she started a nursing school; it was The Times newspaper that gave her the name.

Sherlock Holmes: He lived at 221B Baker Street, London; he went to university in Cambridge; his friend and biographer was Dr. John H. Watson.




Exercise 4

1 Because he only stole from the rich to help the poor.
2 The new film will generate interest in Robin Hood and the places associated with him.
3 The city in Italy where she was born.
4 It's on May 12th, her birthday.
5 He was approximately 27 years old.

Exercise 5


1   65         2     51

3  27          4     58