Crossword puzzle : Recounting a detailed experience in English

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Recounting a detailed experience in English [C1] — VocaVerb

Put your vocabulary to the test with this crossword focused on recounting detailed experiences in English! From narrative tenses to descriptive adverbs and discourse markers, these clues will challenge your ability to recall precise C1-level language. Whether you’re describing a memorable event or a life-changing moment, mastering these words will make your storytelling more vivid and compelling.

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Clues

Across

  1. 1. Took place; occurred in the past
  2. 4. A small individual fact or item
  3. 5. To give a detailed account of something
  4. 9. Worth remembering; striking
  5. 10. A spoken or written account of events
  6. 11. To remember something from the past
  7. 12. For repeated past actions
  8. 13. A scene set in an earlier time
  9. 16. Excessive speed in doing something
  10. 17. Place adverb replacing here

Down

  1. 2. A short amusing or interesting story
  2. 3. The most memorable part of an event
  3. 6. A detailed record of past events
  4. 7. Relating to strong feelings
  5. 8. To go from one place to another
  6. 12. Relative pronoun for things
  7. 14. For this reason, therefore
  8. 15. In front or forward

Answers

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Across

  • 1. Took place; occurred in the past → happened
  • 4. A small individual fact or item → detail
  • 5. To give a detailed account of something → describe
  • 9. Worth remembering; striking → memorable
  • 10. A spoken or written account of events → narrative
  • 11. To remember something from the past → recollect
  • 12. For repeated past actions → would
  • 13. A scene set in an earlier time → flashback
  • 16. Excessive speed in doing something → haste
  • 17. Place adverb replacing here → there

Down

  • 2. A short amusing or interesting story → anecdote
  • 3. The most memorable part of an event → highlight
  • 6. A detailed record of past events → chronicle
  • 7. Relating to strong feelings → emotional
  • 8. To go from one place to another → travel
  • 12. Relative pronoun for things → which
  • 14. For this reason, therefore → hence
  • 15. In front or forward → ahead

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