Flash fiction and novels are narratives, so it is common to us...

Flash fiction and novels are narratives, so it is common to use verbs in the past inthem. Read the text you heard in Task 1 (Listening and writing) and complete it with
the past tense form of the verbs in parentheses.
STYLE OF THE GENRE
Free as a Bird
I(A)
(A) (want) to feel joy. Should I have the courage to leave my comfort zone?! (B) (have)
a protective umbrella that omitted the real life from me. I was stuck under my umbrella.
stuck my hand out into the sunlight. It was warm and I(C) (feel) courageous. I remember
what my mom (D) • (tell
) me as a child. “Stay away from the sun. It will give you skin cancer."
Then my mother (E) (die) and I never left my umbrella. My umbrella was part of my
everyday life. But it left me with sadness and a huge lack of vitamin D.
Agust of wind left my hand empty and I shivered as a leaf. The raindrops left my skin and
I (F) (hear) my mother in a faraway distance, "You are now a free soul. Let the sun ray into
your life and live a long and happy life. I will guard you." A bird (G) (sing) a lullaby.
неге роли.
(p. 76; track 5)​