Gulliver’s Travels ~ A1

Stage 1 | Elementary | 600 headwords | A1 | Classic

Retold by Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan
Jonathan Swift’s best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature.

Gulliver is a doctor on a ship. He travels from England to many places. He meets little people and giants, he meets people from the past and horses who can talk. He also encounters pirates and terrible storms. Will he ever return home? Will he be happy in England?

In this Reader you will find:

• Information about Jonathan Swift’s life
• CLIL History: European Exploration
• Glossary
• Comprehension activities
• Exit test

Tags
Classic • Literature • Satire

Syllabus

Articles: a, an, the

Nouns: countable and uncountable, plural, possessive

Pronouns: subject and object, indefinite

Quantifiers: some/any, more Adjectives: possessive, opinion

Prepositions: place, time, movement, phrases, like

Verbs – tense, aspect, form: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple – regular and common irregulars, -ing forms after verbs and prepositions, can, must for obligation, need for necessity, imperatives, have got, would like, common phrasal verbs, there is/there are, know, think, hope etc that clause, like/ don’t like ing

Adverbs: frequency, manner
Conjunctions: so, before, after, when