Complete the gaps with the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
1 H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds
................ (cause) panic when
people first..................... (hear) it
on the radio, in 1938.
2 Daniel Defoe................. (use) the
real adventures of sailor A. Selkirk to write Robinson Crusoe.
3 William Shakespeare often (act) in his own plays.
4 The English poet, Byron
................ (fight) in the Greek
war of independence in 1821.
5 Herman Melville ............................
(travel) to many places before he...................... (write) Moby Dick.
6 Mary Shelley................... (create)
the monster in Frankenstein
after she ....................... (speak)
with Lord Byron.