Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text new illustrations and language learning exercises the print
edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular
classics exciting contemporary fiction and thought-provoking non-fiction introducing
language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin
Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR).
Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar vocabulary
and key exam skills. Before during and after-reading questions test readers' story
comprehension and develop vocabulary. Mrs Dalloway a Level 7 Reader is B2 in the CEFR
framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses introducing future
perfect simple mixed conditionals past perfect continuous mixed conditionals more complex
passive forms and modals for deduction in the past. On a June morning in 1923 Clarissa
Dalloway is preparing for a party she is giving that evening. As she walks through London her
thoughts are of the past and her choice of husband. At the same time and also in London
Septimus Smith is being driven mad by shell shock. At the party that evening their stories
come together. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition readers
can unlock online resources including a digital book audio edition lesson plans and answer
keys.
