It is one of Burnett’s most popular novels, considered to be a classic of children’s literature.

One day in India, nine-year old Mary wakes up and finds that she is completely alone. Back home in England, she is sent to live with an uncle she has never met. His house

is a strange, lonely place where she will gradually discover secret after secret in a new and magical world.

Syllabus

Vocabulary areas

Clothing, Home and garden, Jobs,

Emotions, Games and toys, Family,

Animals

Grammar and structures

Simple Present: states and habits,

Present Continuous: actions in

progress, Past Simple: finished actions,

Past Continuous, Present Perfect,

Future forms: Present Continuous,

going to, will

Types of clause

Main clause, Subordinate clause

following sure, certain, know, think…

Defining and non defining relative

clauses

Tags

Friendship | Emotions