Complete the gaps with the Past Simple form of the verb in brackets.

1. H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds caused panic when people first heard it on the radio, in 1938. 2. Daniel Defoe used the real adventures of sailor A. Selkirk to write Robinson Crusoe. 3. William Shakespeare often acted in his own plays. 4. The English poet Byron fought in the Greek war of independence in 1821. 5. Herman Melville travelled to many places and then he wrote Moby Dick. 6. Mary Shelley spoke with Lord Byron and then she created the monster in Frankenstein.