The Boat Race Mystery (TER 1)

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The rowing competition on the River Thames between the Oxford and Cambridge teams is approaching. Sam's brother is in one of the teams, so when her members suddenly get sick and a fire breaks in the marina, a suspicious boy decides to solve this mystery Syllabus: Grammar: Articles: a, an, the Nouns: singular and plural forms, common inrregular plural forms, countable and uncountauble, possessive's Pronouns: personal, subject, direct object, indirect, object, demonstrative, adjectives Adverse: frequency, adjectives, adjunctive and superlative adjectives , manner Perpositions: place, time, movement Conjunctions: and, for, because Quantifiers: some, any Verbs: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future with Present Centinuous, going to, will, Past Simple and irregular forms, Imperative, verb + infinitive, verb + ing, infinitive of purpose, want someone to do something, need / do not need, need topic Thematic scope: sport, friendship, teams, problem-solving Structure: The presented story is divided into chapters and preceded by an illustrated presentation of the characters of the story and a two-page section Before You Read Activities containing exercises introducing the reader into the text of the book in terms of vocabulary and grammar. Glossaries with translations of selected words located at the bottom of each page help to better understand the text. After each chapter there is a two-page After-Reading Activities section summarizing the chapter in terms of the content of the presented history, as well as grammar, vocabulary and known language forms, as well as supporting the development of reading comprehension and effective memorization. In the final part of the book there is a four-page Focus on section presenting interesting information related to English culture and civilization. The book is closed with the one-page Test alone sectionchecking the general level of understanding and remembering the history read, as well as the language forms learned, as well as the Syllabus section containing a brief description of the didactic aims implemented in the book.