Activity
Complete each sentence choosing the correct option
Supply the correct past form of the verb.
In my teenage years, I had developed an aptitude for drinking, as many adolescents do. But it was while working as a music journalist in my 20s that my addictions __________( accelerate). I had time on my hands, weekends______( loom) large and I_____( need) to keep busy. So I started walking, wandering daily on Walthamstow Marshes in north-east London to watch the kestrels, caterpillars and the shaggy old heron. It_____(make) me feel safe and secure. Gradually, I _______(realise) that my mind ____(need) these walks and I ______(grew) to rely on them. The natural world_____ (has) become a kind of rehab: it ______(sooth) my rawness and patched me back together
In my teenage years, I had developed an aptitude for drinking, as many adolescents do. But it was while working as a music journalist in my 20s that my addictions __________( accelerate). I had time on my hands, weekends______( loom) large and I_____( need) to keep busy. So I started walking, wandering daily on Walthamstow Marshes in north-east London to watch the kestrels, caterpillars and the shaggy old heron. It_____(make) me feel safe and secure. Gradually, I _______(realise) that my mind ____(need) these walks and I ______(grew) to rely on them. The natural world_____ (has) become a kind of rehab: it ______(sooth) my rawness and patched me back together
Source: The Guardian
Discussion
Practice your writing skills by discussing the questions below
- How do you deal with your sadness? any sickness?
- Do you also take time to go to nature for healing? Why? Why not?
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