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. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry a Level 5 Reader
is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses
introducing present perfect continuous past perfect reported speech and second conditional.
It is well supported by illustrations which appear regularly. Harold Fry lives a quiet
ordinary life in England. But when he gets a phone call and learns that his old friend Queenie
Hennessey is dying he decides to post her a letter to her home 500 miles away. As he walks to
the post box Harold begins to think about his past and his family. He decides on walking until
he reaches Queenie. 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.
