Oxford Bookworms 1 (400 headwords)

How do you get a licence if you want to keep a monkey? What can you do if your wife has a lover? How can you see into the future? Where can you go for an exciting but cheap holiday somewhere hot and far away? How can you persuade your girlfriend or boyfriend to marry you?

The characters in these six original short plays are looking for answers to these questions. While trying to solve their problems, people get into some very funny situations. Each play gives an amusing view of life today, and there is often an unexpected ending.

Word count 5,925

PLAYSCRIPT

Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too - money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them to win. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears from his stables, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, London, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. Crime Mystery

The President is dead! A man is running in the night. He is afraid and needs to rest. But there are people behind him - people with lights, and dogs, and guns. A man is standing in front of a desk. His boss is very angry, and the man is tired and needs to sleep. But first he must find the other man, and bring him back - dead or alive. Two men: the hunter and the hunted. Which will win and which will lose? Long live the President! Thriller Adventure

Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don't see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost - much, much worse ... Classics

Everyone knows Brazil's beautiful beaches, the Amazon Rainforest, and the wonderful Carnival of Rio de Janiero. But there is a lot more to Brazil than this: here you can find interesting old towns, modern cities, amazing waterfalls, and the biggest wetland in the world.

Brazil has thousands of different kinds of animals and plants, too. It is home to world-fanous artists and writers, and international sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics. What other interesting things can you see here? Why is there music and dancing on its streets? And who are the people of this amazing country?

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great

Everyone knows Brazil's beautiful beaches, the Amazon Rainforest, and the wonderful Carnival of Rio de Janiero. But there is a lot more to Brazil than this: here you can find interesting old towns, modern cities, amazing waterfalls, and the biggest wetland in the world.

Brazil has thousands of different kinds of animals and plants, too. It is home to world-fanous artists and writers, and international sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics. What other interesting things can you see here? Why is there music and dancing on its streets? And who are the people of this amazing country?

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great

'One day, I'm going to be famous,' John Lennon said when he was young - and soon he was! His band The Beatles became one of the greatest in the world, and people loved them. After John Lennon went solo, he wrote some of the most important songs of all time. He was a family man and a peace protestor - he wanted to change the world. But one autumn day, four gun shots rang out across New York City, and took away that dream forever...

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.

Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.

Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and qualit

'One day, I'm going to be famous,' John Lennon said when he was young - and soon he was! His band The Beatles became one of the greatest in the world, and people loved them. After John Lennon went solo, he wrote some of the most important songs of all time. He was a family man and a peace protestor - he wanted to change the world. But one autumn day, four gun shots rang out across New York City, and took away that dream forever...

Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.

Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.

Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story

Short stories from Oxford Bookworms with a unique set of resources and information for running successful Reading Circles.

Make discussion work easy for students with Bookworms Club.

These collections of graded short stories have been specially selected for Reading Circles – small groups of students who meet to talk about stories.

With role sheets to help students prepare for the discussions, and stimulating graded stories, Bookworms Club provides the magic formula for getting students to talk in English.