UNIT 6: LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous?
1 Fill the gap with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Sometimes there may be more than one possibility. 1 2 3 4 5 Before he started writing novels, he Before she started writing science fiction, she thrillers. She write science fiction. He still (publish) his first play. (write) 14 thrillers and then she (work) as a theatre critic when he (publish) essays. (publish) 14 (start) to

She (have) her eyes shut so tightly that it was only when she (go heard the shriek in the darkness that she realised the lamp out). The gleam of the lantern (be) the only light in the room. (be) darkness. In the black silence, a pair of Suddenly, there (watch) eyes behind a picture rapidly disappeared. Someone them. Outside, the rain (fall), the wind around the windows and the cries of wolves (strike) a match. forest. He Although he (whistle) (echo) around the

(use) a ghostwriter, he still told interviewers that he (write) his autobiography himself, even after it was published and for sale in the shops.

Used to and would

2 In the sentences below, identify the ones which are incorrect. Correct them and identify if it is a question of form or meaning. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 He used to write plays but he has stopped to concentrate on his memoirs. Hes a novelist now, but didnt he used to be a poet? She used to write thrillers. Her new one is going to be published next year. I didnt use to like reading poetry, but I love it now. I use to write a travel blog but I stopped because no one was reading it. When my sister got a new book, she would read it every night until she fell asleep. When my sister got a new book, she would be very happy. In the early 1950s, she would write every day, but by the 1960s, she was hardly writing at all. When I was a child, I would like science fiction. But I dont read it now. Every time my brother went out, I would always try and find his diary.

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