Cover of the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2 - Reading for the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Read and listen to what some famous contemporary British authors say about writing and what it means to them. Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.

Answer

  1. True
  2. False - His working class background meant that his parents wanted him to aspire to a profession, e.g. being an accountant, a lawyer, a dentist, or a doctor.
  3. False - Her governess was interested in Penelope's desire to become a writer, and so wrote to Somerset Maugham asking for his advice as to what she should do to become a writer.
  4. False - He joked around like other kids, but didn't write jokes.
  5. True
  6. False - Plots change as new ideas occur during the writing process.
  7. False - He rereads what he has written and if it still works he's had a good day.