Present continuous

'WE'RE FOLLOWING THE MONKEY PEOPLE' We use the present continuous to describe something that is happening at the moment we speak. To form the present continuous we use to be + a verb +…

Comprehension check (KET)

Read these sentences about Chapter Eight. Choose the correct answer. Why do the boys run away? Where does the woman take Mowgli? How do they catch Shere Khan? What does Buldeo want? Where does Mowgli…

Easter

Unit 2

Unit 2 Picture Dictionary

Reading pictures - The Two Tunnels

Look at the picture and answer the questions. Where are the three men? How do you think they are feeling? Why? Who is lying on the ground? What is the Professor doing? What’s going to happen next?

The text and beyond - The End of the Journey

The End of the Journey

Grammar (I)

Comparatives We use as + adjective / adverb + as when we want to say that two people or things are similar. My work is as good as your work. Mary talks as loudly as John. [...]

Reading pictures

Compare the scene in the painting on page 8 with what you see at a modern airport. What is different and what is similar?

Before You Read - When Passepartout becomes an acrobat

When Passepartout becomes an acrobat

Wit - The Life of Oscar Wilde

Wilde was famous for his wit, his ability to be clever and funny – ‘witty’ – at the same time. You have already read one example of his wit: ‘I have nothing to declare except my genius’.…