1000 headwords | B1 | PreliminaryThis is the story of an English astronome who, in company with others, struggles to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894.When a strange, meteor-like object lands in the heart of England, the inhabitants of Earth find themselves victims of a terrible attack by Martians, armed with heat rays and poisonous smoke. The people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and thebeginning of Martian rule.SyllabusVerb tensesPresent Continuous: future plansPast Simple / Past ContinuousPresent Perfect Simple / Past Perfectsimple - Future with going to and willVerb forms and patternsVerbs plus infinitive, base form and gerund-Phrasal verbs-Conditionalsentences-Reported speech-Passive formsModal verbsCan/could-Be able-Have to-Need-MightClausesTime clauses introduced by when, while, before, after, as soon asTagsClassic literature | Science fiction
