Adventure at Haydon Point

“It was all so different from London. The strangest thing was the light that came into his room. It travelled across his ceiling and then it went, leaving his room dark. After a few seconds it was back, then it disappeared, again and again.”

One summer, city boy Sam stays with his uncle. It’s all so different from London! There’s a river and boats, and a new friend, Rachel. But something strange happens... One day Sam and Rachel find a strange bird with a long beak that looks like a spoon. It has thin fishing rope round its legs. It certainly can’t fly! And who are the two men in black?

Stage 2 - Pre-Intermediate - 800 headwords - A2

In this Reader you will find:
Information on staying safe at sea | Comprehension and grammar activities | Final test

Syllabus:
Present Simple, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Future with going to. Subordinate clause following sure, know, think, if, because Subordinate clause with if (zero and 1st conditionals) Location: to, on, inside, etc. Direction: to, into, out of, from, etc. Prepositional phrases: at the top of, in front of, etc.