The Missing Vase
B2 | 1800 Headwords | Original
The Missing Vase is a detective story about a stolen Chinese vase. The story starts in Glasgow, Scotland, where Sylvia Mackenzie is the curator of a small museum. She asks her assistant, Giovanni, to take a precious vase to her friend’s exhibition in London, but when he arrives there, the box is empty! Inspector Wilson from Scotland Yard investigates the crime with Sylvia’s help. Can you find the clues in the story and solve the mystery?
Syllabus
Topics: Crime/Mystery; Museums and art; UK cities.
Grammar: Present and Past Tenses; Present and Past Perfect Tenses; Modals of obligation, Modal auxiliaries, Modals of deduction; Modal perfects (must have, could have etc); Passive forms; Gerunds; Zero, First, Second and Third Conditionals; Infinitive constructions; Relative pronouns; Direct and Indirect Speech; Phrasal verbs.
In this reader you’ll find:
- Information about Glasgow Art Galleries and Museums, Chinese Porcelain and Scotland Yard
- Notes providing background and contextual information
- A glossary of difficult words
- Comprehension and grammar activities including B2 style exercises and 21st century skills activities
- Final test
Tags
| Mystery | Crime | Art
| Title | ISBN code | |
|---|---|---|
| Title The Missing Vase | ISBN code ISBN 9788853648235 |
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