Penguin Readers Level 6: The Talented Mr Ripley (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 Talented Mr Ripley, 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. In the 1950s, Tom Ripley travels from the United States of America to Italy, to find Dickie Greenleaf and bring him home to his father.But when Tom sees Dickie's money and relaxed way of life, he becomes jealous and begins to make other plans. 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.