Three Men in a Boat

STAGE 2 Pre-Intermediate | 800 headwords | A2 | Key

Three Men in a Boat is a humorous book that will make you laugh while it gives you a view of Victorian England and the Thames.

Three friends, George, Harris and J. decide they need a holiday and plan to go on a trip on the river. J. tells the story of that two-week trip. He includes funny stories from past trips and stories he has heard. He also gives us historical and geographical information about the places they pass or stay in.

Syllabus

Verb tenses Present Simple: states, processes (and verbs not used in the

continuous form) – Past Continuous: parallel past actions, continuous actions

interrupted by the Past Simple – Past Simple vs Past Continuous – Future

using Present Continuous, going to, will, shall, – Present Perfect Simple: recent

past, indefinite past with ever, never, unfinished past with for and since

Verb forms and patterns let’s – Passive forms: Present Simple and Past Simple

– Infinitives (with and without to) after verbs and adjectives – Gerunds (verb +

-ing) after prepositions and common verbs – Gerunds (verb + -ing) as subjects

and objects – to + infinitive after what

Tags

Friends | Adventure | Everyday life