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The Rajah's Diamond
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The Rajah's Diamond
Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Frances Justice
Adventure
The Rajah’s Diamond, the most precious diamond in the world, seems to bring bad luck to everyone who comes into contact with it. Sir Thomas Vandeleur’s wife tries to sell it to pay her debts. But the diamond is stolen and falls into the hands of people who are all corrupted by its great beauty and value.
Dossiers within the reader:
The Hope Diamond, ‘The Thousand and One Nights’, Gentlemen’s Clubs, The Empire Strikes Back
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 B1.1:
Present Perfect Simple with yet, already, still & just – Past Perfect Simple in reported speech – Passive forms with going to & will – Verb + object + infinitive (e.g. I want you to go) – Reported statements with say & tell – Time clauses introduced by when, while, until, before, after & as soon as – Clauses of purpose: so that; (in order) to
Answer key is available online (please contact us for password)
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