With carefully adapted text , new illustrations , language practise activities and additional online resources , the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content . Titles include popular classics , exciting contemporary fiction , and thought-provoking non-fiction . A Christmas Carol , a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages. Scrooge is an angry old man who hates helping people. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts visit and show him the mistakes of his past, present, and future. Scrooge feels very worried and sad.

Tomorrow is Christmas Day. Can he change and become kind?.