Amelia Earhart (I)

KEY to Exercises on page 25.

3. a) 4    b) 1    c) 2    d) 5    e) 3
4. 1 fired    2 graduate    3 train    4 attend    5 give up    6 move    7 publish    8 awarded
5a. 
Before: +noun + past simple.  Ex: "before her third book was published" (past simple passive voice)
After: +verb-ing. Ex: "after graduating"
   OR: + time phrase (noun). Ex: "after a year"
When: +noun +past simple. Ex: "When her father was fired"
During: +time phrase (noun) + past simple. Ex: "During that time, she also wrote"
While: +past continuous. Ex: "while she was crossing"

5b. During is followed by a time phrase, While is followed by a verb/an action.

6.
1. Heyerdahl received a number of awards during his lifetime
2. Heyerdahl went to the Galapagos Islands before leading an expedition to Easter Island
3. Heyerdahl became curious about how the islands were inhabited while he was staying in Polynesia
4. He set out to prove his theories after giving up his study of geography

Did you know there was a film about Amelia Earhart filmed in 2009 starring Hillary Swank and Richard Gere? Have you seen it? Would you like to watch it?
Here you have the movie trailer.