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The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.3 - It's a great read for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the summary of Gone Girl. Would you like to read the book?
  2. -
  3. Work in pairs and answer the questions.

Answer

a)

  1. returns
  2. finds
  3. has disappeared
  4. invade
  5. decide
  6. isn't
  7. progresses
  8. are forced
  9. emerges

c)

  1. the present simple (sometimes in the passive) NB The present perfect could also be used.
  2. Using present verb forms makes the plot more immediate, as if the reader / listener is experiencing as they read / listen.