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?SyllabusVerb tenses, Present Simple and PresentContinuous - Past Simple and PastContinuous - 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 onbackground and context | A glossary of difficult words| Comprehension activities | An exit testTagsAnimals | Friendship | Adventure