The Hound of the Baskervilles YAER1 (A1)

Resumen del libro

Adaptation of Artur Conan Doyle's book Baskervill Dog . Grammatical range: Verb forms and tenses Negative questions, Present Continuous, Present Simple, Short answers, Past, etc. , have, for the obligation, would like + infinitive. Common phrasal verbs with transparent meanings, -ing forms after it, there are / there are Sentence types Two clauses joined with, before, after, Direct speech + subject / verb, inversion, Reported speech with present tense, reporting verb know, think, hope etc. + that clause like / love / hate / do not like doing Structure:The presented story is divided into chapters and preceded by an illustrated presentation of the heroes 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 the life and work of Artur Conan Doyle, his artistic achievements, and various adaptations of his works. The book is closed with the Test yourself section, which checks 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 intentions implemented in the book.

Biografía del autor

Arthur Conan Doyle nació en Edimburgo en 1859, en una familia donde casi todos destacaban en alguna actividad artística. En su ciudad natal se educó en una escuela pública y después pasó a un colegio de jesuitas, donde conoció bien a los prosistas latinos y a los clásicos ingleses, principalmente a Shakespeare. Posteriormente, estudió Medicina en la Universidad de Edimburgo hasta 1881. En 1886 termina de escribir x{0026}lt;i Estudio en escarlatax{0026}lt;/i , donde definía el personaje de Sherlock Holmes, quien protagonizaría muchas de sus historias hasta 1926 (x{0026}lt;i El signo de los cuatrox{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i El sabueso de los Baskervillex{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmesx{0026}lt;/i ...). No obstante, Doyle también creó otros personajes singulares, como el profesor Challenger (protagonista de varias novelas, entre ellas x{0026}lt;i El mundo perdidox{0026}lt;/i ), y escribió novela histórica, que según confesó era su máxima aspiración literaria. En 1902 recibió del gobierno el título de x{0026}lt;i Sirx{0026}lt;/i , y falleció en 1930 en Crowborough (Inglaterra) de un ataque al corazón.