Before You Read - The End of the Journey

The End of the Journey

My Career as a Performer

My Career as a Performer

Reading

It was long past noon when he awoke. His servant came in softly with a cup of tea and some letters. He noticed that one was from Lord Henry and put it aside. After about ten minutes he got up, had a…

Alan Campbell

Listening - Go back to the text

Listen to the weather forecast and tick the weather you hear. Then match the words to the pictures.

Humour - Go back to the text

‘Humour’ is the quality in something that makes you laugh or smile. If you laugh or smile at something you think that it is ‘humorous’ or ‘funny’. [...]

Reading

During the journey, Holmes spoke very little but he sang some of the music from the concert that afternoon. Finally the two carriages arrived at the City and Suburban Bank in the main street near…

Go back to the text

Are you a good detective? What do you think Helen Stoner’s problem is? Read the following possibilities and then write one of your own. Now put them in order of probability from 1-4; 1 is the most…

Question words

We use words like when, why, how, where, what, who to make questions. Look at the questions and answers below. Choose the correct word from the list above and complete the questions. Then complete the…

Past perfect and past simple

‘When her parents had gone, Juliet asked the Nurse for advice.’ Look at this sentence from Part Five. When her parents had gone, Juliet asked the Nurse for advice. There are two actions in the past…