David Copperfield looks back on the first twenty-five years of his life. He is only eight years old when his mother, a young pretty widow remarries. Unfortunately, Mr Murdstone is not a good husband or father. David is sent away to school and only returns homw when tragedy strikes. Unloved and unwanted, he is sent to work in a factory but David is a resourceful boy and determines to find a better life for himself.

Topics covered:

Family, friendship, love, adventure

Grammar:

Tenses: Present simple: states, habits, Past simple: finished time, Past continuous: actions in progress at a specific time, in past, interrupted actions, Present perfect simple: indefinite past, unfinished past, past perfect: narrative, Futureswill/shall, present continuous Verb forms:Imperatives, Passives: present, pastsimple, Gerunds: after verbs, prepositionsConditionals: 1st conditional: possiblepresent/future, 2nd conditionalhypothetical present/future Reported speechstatements, questions, commands Modals:Can, could: ability, permission, May, mightpossibility, permission, Must, have toobligation, Defining, non-defining clauses, Purpose clauses

Linkers:So + adjective, such (a) + adjective + noun.

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