DGE E-Learning - Skills Worksheet

DGE – E-learning - Skills worksheet Unit 1C – Growing up on television

Watch the video and answer the questions below.

1 True or False Mark the statements below True or False. Where the statement is false, correct it in the space underneath.

1. Tony's childhood ambition was to be a jockey.

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2. He was already a jockey at the age of 14.

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3. As a child, he never considered any other career.

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4. He won a famous horse race as a young jockey.

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5. He had his own taxi before he was thirty.

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6. He once met Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon.

______2 Short-answer comprehension questions Give short, grammatical answers to the following questions.

1. How does Tony feel about not becoming a jockey?

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2. "At 21 he was 'on the knowledge' What do you think this means? ______

3. What is the misunderstanding that Tony describes in his story about Buzz Aldrin and getting autographs? ______

Writing

Do you think Tony was right to give up his childhood dream of being a jockey? What can we learn from his story? ______

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