Penguin Readers Level 6: The Thursday Murder Club (ELT Graded Reader) : Abridged Edition

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR).Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills.Before, during and after-reading questions test readers’ story comprehension and develop vocabulary. The Thursday Murder Club, a Level 6 Reader, is B1+ in the CEFR framework.The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future continuous, reported questions, third conditional, was going to and ellipsis.A small number of illustrations support the text. Meet Richard Osman’s famous group of pensioner-detectives: Elizabeth, Ibrahim, Joyce and Ron.In The Thursday Murder Club, the group must try to connect the murders of two men they know and an extra body discovered in an old grave!Visit the Penguin Readers websiteExclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.