The Boat Race Mystery

Which race between two English universities is so famous to be known simply as ‘The Boat Race’?

The teams are getting ready. The Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race is only weeks away and Sam’s brother is on the team. But what’s happening at the boat house? Why are some people from the team ill? Was the fire at the boat house an accident? Sam and his friends don’t think so, and they need to find out.

Syllabus: Articles: a, an, the; Nouns: singular and plural forms, common irregular plural forms, countable and uncountable, possessive ’s; Adjectives: simple adjectives (attributive and predicative), possessive adjectives, comparative and superlative adjectives; Verbs: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future with Present Continuous, going to and will, Past Simple regular and irregular forms, Imperative, verb + infinitive, verb + -ing, infinitive of purpose, want someone to do something, must/ mustn’t, have to/had to, would and wouldn’t like, need.

Stage 1 - Elementary - 600 headwords - A1

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Tímy sa pripravujú. Preteky lodí medzi Oxfordom a Cambridgeom budú už o týždeň a Samov brat je v tíme. Ale čo sa deje? Prečo niektorí ľudia z tímu ochoreli? A bol požiar domu iba náhoda? Sam a jeho priatelia si to nemyslia, musia to rozlúštiť!
Ktoré preteky medzi dvoma anglickými univerzitami sú také slávne, že sa im hovorí jednoducho Preteky lodí?