Read the strategy above. Then look at the exam task in Ex. 2. Read the article and look at the first gap. What is the topic of the sentences before and after the gap? What tense is used? What pronouns are used? What are the key words? Which sentence fits the gap?

Before gap 1, the writer says that, after finishing the Harry Potter books, she decided to write her own stories about the characters. After the gap, she begins describing her experience as a teenage writer. The main topic is the writer’s decision to write fan fiction.

The surrounding text mainly uses the past simple, with some present simple in the general introduction. The pronouns include you, your, it and I. Key words are decided, write, own story and characters.

The sentence that fits gap 1 is: G — It was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life!