Hello! My name is Black Beauty. And I’m a horse. I have an interesting story to tell you. I want to tell you about my life.My story starts with my mother, who taught me many things. And, when I close my eyes, I can still see all of my old friends standing together under the apple tree. Oh how I loved my first home! And then Earlshall, and then … but wait, I can’t tell you my story here.Read it, and you will find out what happens to me.SyllabusVocabulary areas Nature, Weather,Family, Animals, Colours, Food & DrinkGrammar and structures SimplePresent: states and habits - PresentContinuous: actions in progress - PastSimple: finished actions - Future forms:Present Continuous, going to, will - Can:ability - Could: ability - Must: obligation- Have to: necessity - Will: predictions –Adjectives - Prepositions (place, time)– Pronouns - Question Words - RelativeClauses - There is/There are - Verbs +infinitive/ing - When clausesIn this Reader you will find:Information about Anna Sewell | A section focusing on background and context | A glossary of difficult words |Comprehension activities | An exit testTagsAnimals | Friendship | Love | Adventure
Během letního pobytu Jiřího Adama z Dobronína s manželkou na tvrzi jejích rodičů v Panské Lhotě dojde ve zříceninách nedalekého hradu Rokštejnu k vraždě faráře Ignáce. Ale nejen to, na hradě se v noci objevuje tajemná postava mnicha. Je vrahem on? Jiří Adam se celé věci ujme, ale záhy zjistí, že věc je mnohem složitější, než se na první pohled zdá. Zvláště když dojde k další vraždě…