The Thirty-Nine Steps

An adventure novel featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.
Richard Hannay is bored. He is all alone in a big city, and he wants something to happen, anything. One evening, when he gets back home, someone is waiting for him. This someone will leave him with a question, and Hannay must find an answer. His future, and indeed the future of the whole of Europe depends on it. The question is, what are the thirty-nine steps?

Syllabus
Verb tenses : Present Simple and Present Continuous, Past Simple and Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Future forms, Will, Going to, Ing form, Modals, can (ability, permission), could (ability in the past), shall (suggestions), should (advice), may (possibility), must (obligation), need (necessity).

In this Reader you will find:
Information about John Buchan | A section focusing on background and context | A glossary of difficult words | Comprehension activities | An exit test

Tags
Animals | Friendship | Adventure