CEFR Level: B1 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. ... more
Dickens' famous 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 le ... more
CEFR Level: C2 Theme: Social Issues More than any other conflict, the Great War inspired writers of all generations and classes. Th ... more
This novel tells the story of Hank organ, 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 K ... more
‘I am British, just like you!’ Marquat, born in Cardiff, but with Nigerian parents is an intelligent, inquisitive boy but also sometimes insecure and shy. He hopes to do well in life and works hard to achieve his dreams. One day, unfortunately, he comes across racial prejudices because of the colour of his skin. However, just as he begins to think he& ... more
Young Adult ELI Readers In this funny play, four young lovers run away to the woods where the fairies live. Oberon, the King of the Fairies uses magic to teach his wife a lesson. Then strange things start to happen to the young lovers and some workmen too. It’s a very unusual Midsummer Night: perhaps it’s all a dream.In this reader you will find:&l ... more
“Passage to more than India! O secret of the earth and sky!” W. Whitman The book is set in the 1920’s in India and is a story of Dr. Aziz, an Indian doctor, his friend Mr. Field-ing, a British professor and two British women Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested. Due to an inci-dent occurring in the fictitious Marabar Caves ... more
“Passage to more than India! O secret of the earth and sky!” W. Whitman The book is set in the 1920’s in India and is a story of Dr. Aziz, an Indian doctor, his friend Mr. Field-ing, a British professor and two British women Mrs. Moore and ... more
CEFR Level: A1 Theme: Adventure A Study in Scarlet is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first story with Holmes and Watson. Come and walk the dark streets of London with the great Mr Sherlock Holmes! ... more
STAGE 1 Elementary | 600 headwords | A1 | Classic When Sherlock Holmes gets a letter from the police, he and his new friend, Doctor Watson, have a difficult problem. Who’s the rich man in the empty house? Why did he die? And, most important of all, will Holmes and Watson find the man who did it? Or will they be too late?A Study in Scarlet ... more
CEFR Level: B2 Theme: Love A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s most famous historical novel. Set in Paris and London at the ti ... more
A Tale of Two Cities is perhaps Charles Dickens' 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, h ... more
Elementary to Intermediate - Common European Framework: A1-B1 Adjectives and opposites is a very simple card game, useful and enjoyable, based on matching illustrated adjectives with corresponding opposite adjectives. The game allows students to learn, memorize and practice 130 commonly-used adjectives in a fun a ... more
“It was all so different from London. The strangest thing was the light that came into his room. It travelled across his ceiling and then it went, leaving his room dark. After a few seconds it was back, then it disappeared, again and again.” One summer, city boy Sam stays with his uncle. It’s all so different from London! There’s a ri ... more
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