PDF version of the story (Chapters 1 - 22). The crosswords test the vocabulary in each chapter.
A Graded Reader for Beginners & Elementary Level English language learners
This is the story of two Spanish students, Arturo from the Asturias and Rosa from Madrid, who meet for the first time at The English Language College in London. They fall in love under the night lights of The Royal Pavilion in Brighton, just before Arturo has to return to Spain. Happily, they plan to meet again. No part of this story is true!
- Chapter 1 - Preparing for the journey----------interactive gap fill
- Nouns - family, travel and education
- Adjectives - size, colour and nationality
- Writing & Speaking: Preparing your suitcase to take to England
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- Chapter 2 - Meeting the English family----------interactive gap fill
- Verbs - Present Continuous & Present Simple
- Auxiliaries - is / are
- Speaking & Writing: First impressions of the English family
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- Chapter 3 - Getting to know English children----------interactive gap fill
- Prepositions of Place 1
- Speaking: Looking after children for two hours
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- Chapter 4 - First morning at a language school----------interactive gap fill
- Consolidation
- Writing & Speaking: Countries & Nationalities - where they are in the world and what they are famous for.
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- Chapter 5 - The entry test----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Language Learning 1
- Speaking: How teachers dress.
- Students’ language needs.
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- Chapter 6 - Lunch-time in the English family----------interactive gap fill
- Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs and Adverbials
- Speaking: Lunch-time in your country.
- Students’ language needs.
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- Chapter 7 - Coffee-time at the Language School----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Language Learning 2
- Speaking: Ways of learning English, use of the student's own language, pairwork and dictionaries
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- Chapter 8 - In a West London hospital----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Health and Clothes
- Auxiliaries - "Could" and "Would" in requests
- Speaking: Character questionnaire
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- Chapter 9 - First letter home----------interactive gap fill
- Spelling problems / Consolidation
- Speaking: How hard people work / The course book
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- Chapter 10 - A Supermarket Shopping Trip----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Shopping for food
- Writing & Speaking: Supermarket shopping habits
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- Chapter 11 - Sightseeing & shopping in London Part 1----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Time & Place
- Speaking: Planning a sightseeing & shopping trip
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- Chapter 12 - Sightseeing & shopping in London Part 2 ----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Time (continued) / Shopping for music
- Speaking: Compact Disks - your favourite type of music
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- Chapter 13 - In the Course Director's office----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Language Learning 3
- Adjectives & Adverbs - e.g. careful carefully
- Speaking: What makes a good English class
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- Chapter 14 - First lesson in a new class----------interactive gap fill
- Irregular verbs - Past Simple Tense
- Vocabulary focus - Language Learning 4
- Writing & Speaking: Listing Past Tense Verb Forms / Storytelling
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- Chapter 15 - Looking after English children----------interactive gap fill
- Prepositions of Place 2 - Motion
- Speaking: Questionnaire on Children
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- Chapter 16 - Practising English in a Study Centre----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Language Learning 5
- Speaking: The best places to practise English
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- Chapter 17 - A visit to a London flat----------interactive gap fill
- Spelling problems
- Vocabulary focus - Cooking & Food 1
- Speaking: Finding jobs and places to live
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- Chapter 18 - A weekend in Brighton----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Tourism / Moving from place to place
- Prepositions of Place 3 - Motion
- Speaking: Places for tourists to visit in your home town
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- Chapter 19 - Working from home----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Computer terms
- Speaking: Uses of Computers in your work and study
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- Chapter 20 - A Spanish Meal----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Cooking & Food 2
- Writing & Speaking: Meals & Recipes from your country
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- Chapter 21 - The end-of-course test----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Language Learning
- Spelling problems: e.g. practice / practise
- Speaking: the importance of tests in your life
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- Chapter 22 - A trip to London Gatwick Airport----------interactive gap fill
- Vocabulary focus - Travel & Presents
- Speaking: Giving presents
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