A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Stage 1 A1

600 headwords | A1 | Movers

Classic

Audio | 80 pages

ISBN 978-88-536-3184-8

Word count 6470

Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Retold by Jane Bowie.

Illustrated by Margherita Micheli.

This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the boss of a factory in late 19th century Connecticut, who awakens to find himself transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur.

One day, while Hank Morgan is working, a man attacks him and hits him on the head. When Hank wakes up he is in sixth century England. He is at the Court of King Arthur where he meets the Knights of the Round Table and Queen Guenever. Thanks to his superior knowledge, Hank soon becomes the King’s chief minister and plans to modernise the country, but things do not always go according to plan…

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Grammar and Structures

Verb tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, To be going to, Conditional. Modal verbs: Can, could, have to, will. Conjunctions: and , but, then, because, when. Relative Pronouns: which, who, where, when, that, whose. Tags Fantasy

600 headwords | A1 | Movers

Classic

Audio | 64 pages

ISBN 978-88-536-3183-1

Word count 5050

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

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Retold by Sarah Gudgeon.

Illustrated by Maja Celija.

‘Please, sir, can I have some more?’ asks Oliver.

Oliver Twist is a poor orphan boy. He hasn’t got a mum or dad and he lives in a terrible place called the workhouse. One day, he makes the master of the workhouse very angry and his life changes forever... What will happen next to Oliver? Where will he go? Will he find a nice family to live with or will Fagin and his gang of thieves make Oliver stay with them? Read this exciting tale of life in 19th century England and find out!

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Vocabulary areas

Family and friends, The home, Colours, Food Grammar and Structures

Adjectives, Adverbs, Comparatives and Superlatives, Conjunctions, Can for ability and requests / permission, Determiners, Have got, Infinitive of purpose, Must for obligation, Nouns, Prepositions (place, time), Pronouns, Question words, Relative clauses, There is / There are, Verb tenses; present simple, present continuous, past simple, Verb + infinitive / + ing, When clauses, Would like

Tags

Friendship and hate | Social Issues

600 headwords | A1 | Movers

Classic

Audio | 80 pages

ISBN 978-88-536-3182-4

Word count 6780