Answer — Exercise 8

a)

• Mariéme Jamme → recognising through the horrors of her childhood just how important an education is; enabling girls to study in a range of fields.
• Jadav Payeng → seeing the devastation of deforestation on Majuli Island; he's planted trees that amount to a forest and support wildlife.
• Michelle Payne → childhood passion for horseriding; her success in a male-dominated sport has inspired women (and probably men).

b)

1. of
2. for
3. of
4. in
5. for
6. of
7. of
8. of
9. for
10. of
11. in
12. of

c)

1. Because she saw the necessity of getting an education.
2. Because she had a talent for generating sales in the tech industry.
3. She did it with the aim of supporting girls in STEAMD.
4. For her success in achieving so much.
5. It was the motivation for him to start the project / devote his life to planting trees.
6. In the course of taking part in a government tree-planting scheme.
7. He did it in the hope of creating a forest capable of supporting the wildlife that once lived there,
8. As a consequence of his work.
9. She had a passion for it / riding.
10. The risks of riding.
11. Yes. She had no hesitation in talking about it.
12. Yes, the implications of a woman winning are / were huge / cannot be underestimated.

d)

Nouns are underlined and prepositions are circled.

1. necessity of
2. talent for
3. aim of
4. success in
5. motivation for
6. course of
7. hope of
8. consequence of
9. passion for
10. risks of
11. hesitation in
12. implications of