70 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Student A: look at the information below in 7b. Student B: turn to page 147. Prepare questions to ask your partner to find the missing information. (a) When was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born? 7b SPEAKING Interview your partner. Student A Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the creator of the world-famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. He was born in (a) in Edinburgh, Scotland. Conan Doyle was a (b) He began writing stories when he was at university. When he began work he didn't have many patients. He started writing stories again. Conan Doyle wrote his first Sherlock Holmes novel in 1886. The title was (c) The idea for Sherlock Holmes came from one of Conan Doyle's teachers at university. The teacher's name was (d) Apart from Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle created another interesting character, Sherlock's great friend, Doctor Watson. Sherlock Holmes was always a very popular character. He appeared in over 50 short stories and (e). novels. Conan Doyle tried to kill the character in a story in 1893. But the public wanted more Sherlock Holmes stories and Conan Doyle started writing them again in 1903. Conan Doyle died when he was (f) years old. But his famous character Sherlock Holmes is still very much alive. He continues to appear in (g)