The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan

Theme Friendship 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