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. A Tale of Two Cities a Level 6 Reader is B1+ in the
CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses introducing
future continuous reported questions third conditional was going to and ellipsis. A small
number of illustrations support the text. After eighteen years in the Bastille prison Dr
Manette finally leaves France and goes to live with his daughter Lucie in England. There two
very different men fall in love with Lucie. Lucie finds happiness but in France a storm is
coming. Soon Lucie and her family must face the French Revolution and one man must give Lucie
everything he has. 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.
