"War of the worlds" by H.G. Wells 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 the beginning of Martian rule.
Syllabus
Verb tenses : Present Continuous: future plans, Past Simple/Past Continuous, Present Perfect Simple/Past Perfect, simple, Future with going to and will
Verb forms and patterns : Verbs plus infinitive, base form and gerund, Phrasal verbs, Conditional sentences, Reported speech, Passive forms
Modal verbs : Can/could, Be able, Have to, Need, Might, Clauses, Time clauses introduced by when, while, before, after, as soon as
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Classic literature | Science fiction