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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Activities by Justin Rainey
Mystery & horror
When the superbly handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he makes a terrible wish: that the portrait will grow older and that he will remain young forever. But what happens to the portrait that no one ever sees? A brilliant and disturbing story of a man who is willing to sell his soul for eternal youth, while he pursues pleasure and passion.
Dossiers within the reader:
The Aesthetic Movement, Oscar Wilde’s London
Features:
- aimed at teenagers and adults
- introduction about the author and his/her times
- wide variety of motivating activities
- activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams
- fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text
- a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities
- extensive vocabulary footnotes
- exit tests
- guided Internet projects
The list below shows the main grammatical structures used at level B2.2:
Present Perfect Simple for negative duration (haven’t… for ages) – Present Perfect Continuous for recent activities leading to present situation – Past Perfect Continuous – Passive forms with Past Perfect Simple & with unrestricted use of modal verbs – Reported speech introduced by more examples of precise reporting verbs (e.g. threaten, insist, complain) – Wish, if only & it’s time + past tense – Mixed conditional sentences – Complex sentences with more than one subordinate clause
Answer key is available online (please contact us for password)
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