Carti in categoria Fairy tales and classic stories

CEFR Level: A2Theme: LoveGreat Expectations depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. In this Reader you will find: Information about Charles Dickens’ life | A section focusing on background and context | CLIL History | Glossary | Comprehension activities | KET-style activities | Exit test Tags Classic | English | LiteraturePip is born poor, but one day his life mysteriously changes. He is sent to London to learn to become a gentleman. But who is paying for his ed...

CEFR Level: B2Theme: LoveA Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s most famous historical novel.Set in Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution, this is the story of two men, Frenchman, Charles Darnay, and Englishman, Sydney Carton. As the Revolution takes hold and the Terror begins, the two men’s destinies bring them together in a powerful story of love, hate and revenge. We meet revolutionaries and aristocrats, and see the poverty of many in both London and Paris contr...

CEFR Level: B1Theme: Social IssuesDickens’ favourite Christmas story shows us the difficult lives of the poor, but it is also a story of hope, where the future can be better.Ebenezer Scrooge loves only one thing – money. He has no friends, doesn’t like his family and never helps anyone. But when Jacob Marley, who’s been dead for seven years, arrives at his house one night, Scrooge learns that a good life is about much more than money.SyllabusVerb tensesPresent Continuous:...