G. C. Thornley Books

A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s most famous historical novel. Set in Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution, this is the story of two men, Frenchman, Charles Darnay, and Englishman, Sydney Carton. As the Revolution takes hold and the Terror begins, the two men’s destinies bring them together in a powerful story of love, hate and revenge. We meet revolutionaries and aristocrats, and see the poverty of many in both London and Paris contrasted with the wealth of a few. SyllabusVerbs: Present Perfect Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous - perfect infinitives - a variety of phrasal verbs - complex passive forms - wish/if only - modal verbs: might, needn’t - reporting verbs: explain, repeat, reply, answer, ask, cry, scream, shout - tenses with This is the first …Types of Clausetype-three conditionals - mixed conditionals - relative: embedded, defining Other connectives: although, despite, in spite of, however - time sequencers - inversion.

Australia is one of the last places where life still exists after nuclear war starts. Commander Dwight Towers and his Australian liason officer is sent to the coast of North America to discover whether a stray radio signal is a sign of life.

The titles in this series are mainly new editions of titles in the Longman Simplified English Series. They are suitable for students at upper intermediate level, including those preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate.

Part of a series designed to be suitable for students at upper intermediate level, including those preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate examinations. These simplified editions keep within a 2000 word vocabulary, contain exercise material and an introduction to the text and author.

The titles in this series are mainly new editions of titles in the Longman Simplified English Series. They are suitable for students at upper intermediate level, including those preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate.