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When did it happen?  A. Complete the sentences from a trivia game. Use the correct form of the verbs in the box below.     INVENT       DIE        GO        WIN        DISCOVER        BECOME       TAKE PLACE   1. The 19th. FIFA World Cup  in 2010. 2. In 1876 at the age of 29 Alexander Graham Bell  the telephone. 3. In 1928 Alexander Fleming, a Scottish bacteriologist, accidentally  penicillin. 4. Dilma Rousseff Brazil's first female president in 2011. 5. Michael Jackson  of a heart attack on June 25, 2009. 6. In 1352, Ibn Batuta to Africa and crossed the Sahara desert. 7.  Brazilians  their first world cup in 1958, in Sweden. Study the chart and timeline   B. Complete the statements below.                                     Then decide if the sentence describes a point of time or a Period of time?   1. Steve Jobs started the Apple Computer  1976.                           POINT IN TIMEPERIOD OF TIME   2. Michael Jackson lived 1958  2009.                                POINT OF TIMEPERIOD OF TIME    3. Columbus explored North America more than 500 years  .              POINT OF TIMEPERIOD OF TIME     4.  April 22, 1500, Cabral sighted land (Brazil), claiming it for Portugal. POINT OF TIMEPERIOD OF TIME  5. The Beatles became popular  the 1960s.                               POINT OF TIMEPERIOD OF TIME  6. January, 1933, Kay Kamen created the Mickey Mouse Magazine.      POINT OF TIMEPERIOD OF TIME   C. Fill in the blanks to complete the conversation.   A: I have heard Madonna is releasing a new album. She's a great performer, isn't she? B: She sure is. She's been a successful singer forinat a long time. Hasn't she? A: Yes, she became famous onduringat the 80s. B: She has also starred several movies. A: Yeah. She's a great actress too. She's even worked as a movie director. B: She's really talented! A: What do you know about her personal life? B: Well, AtInOn August 16, 1985, she married actor Sean Penn. They were married oninfor two years. A: Did she remarry? B: Of course she did. She married film director and producer Guy Stuart Ritchie    inonat December 22, 2000.InDuringOn his marriage to Madonna, Ritchie followed Kabbalah. A: I heard she has two biological children and two adpotive children. Is that true? B: Yes.Her biological children are Loudes Maria Ciccone Leon and Rocco Ritchie. She adopted David Banda Mwale and Mercy James a few years .