Read the text and circle the correct words. Then listen and check.


Margaret Ann Longstaffe was born (1) in/on 5 June 1914 in Surrey, England. As a child, she really loved adventures. When she grew up, she travelled a lot. She liked riding horses, driving fast cars and flying aeroplanes. Ann became one of the very (2) few/little women pilots in Britain in the 1930s.

In 1947 Ann and her husband, Frank Davison, also a pilot, bought an old boat "Reliance" and decided to (3) go/set sail to travel the world. However, they were caught in (4) rough/hard weather in the Irish Sea. The ship was wrecked and Frank was killed. Ann survived, washed (5) offshore/ashore at the foot of a cliff.



Read the whole text again. Are the sentences True or False? Write T or F.

1. Ann always loved adventures. 

2. There were quite a few women pilots in Britain in the 1930s. 

3. "Reliance" was caught in a tsunami and was wrecked. 

4. It took Ann 2 years to prepare "Felicity Ann". 

5. Ann was not experienced at sailing, but she was brave. 

6. Ann hardly felt lonely when she was sailing across the Atlantic.