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1. What helped Ana stop being scared of singing to an audience?

• practicing her singing with a band

• asking a teacher to stand on stage with her

• being in a drama group at school

• making sure she was not in the front row

2. How was the songwriting course useful for Ana?

• She was able to meet some well-known singers.

• . The teacher's attitude gave her an idea for a song.

• She learned a lot from other writers on the course.

• The teacher gave her advice about the music business.

3. Ana decided to work with loss Alton because

• he promised to let her choose which songs to sing.

• he offered to help her put on a concert.

• she liked some other singers that he worked with.

• he owned a company in her hometown.

4. Ana most enjoys writing songs that

• she is sure her fans will like it.

• deal with difficult times.

• her brother can sing with his band.

• help people remember their own experiences.

5. What would Ana write to fans in her blog?

• Listening to my parents playing music on their instruments really encouraged me to become a singer myself.

• Writing songs just gets easier with practice. Nowadays it only takes a week or so - it wasn't like that when I started!

• I loved playing the concert in Dublin. I hope that next time we'll sell all the tickets - it was a shame to have some empty seats!

• I read what people write about me online - it means a lot to me that they like listening carefully to my songs.