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PHOTOCOPIABLE
 
© Cambridge University Press 2008
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4.50 from Paddington
Focus the attention of the students on the section heading and 
elicit/explain that this refers to a train leaving London at this time.
1 After doing the exercise, ask students if they know any other 
Agatha Christie stories. Examples include: Appointment with 
Death, Death in the Clouds
.
2–3 Get students to work in pairs to complete the sentences 
in Exercise 2. Do not check their answers at this stage. 
Students can check their guesses when they read part of the 
introduction to the book in Exercise 3.
4 Give students some time to read the extract and then ask the 
class the question.
5–7 Get students to do these exercises in pairs. 
Focus on … adverbs
Ask students to read the blurb again and fi nd three more adverbs 
(helplessly, remorselessly, seriously). Elicit/Explain their meanings.
More activities
1 Remind students that simplifi ed readers are available at 
all levels. If they go to www.cambridge.org/elt/readers, 
they can do a placement test and fi nd out which is the 
most suitable level for them. They can then look at the 
list of titles available at this level and download a sample 
chapter. If your school has a library and there are readers 
in the library, encourage students to read or borrow them.
2 Encourage students to choose a book from either the 
library or a bookshop. Remind them to make sure 
that there are not too many new words on each page. 
Recommend books that you think might be suitable for 
your students (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the 
Night Time 
is not too diffi cult, for example) and encourage 
them to recommend books to each other.