<p>DGE – E-learning - Skills worksheet Unit 1C – Growing up on television</p><p>Watch the video and answer the questions below.</p><p>1 True or False Mark the statements below True or False. Where the statement is false, correct it in the space underneath.</p><p>1. Tony's childhood ambition was to be a jockey.</p><p>______</p><p>2. He was already a jockey at the age of 14.</p><p>______</p><p>3. As a child, he never considered any other career.</p><p>______</p><p>4. He won a famous horse race as a young jockey.</p><p>______</p><p>5. He had his own taxi before he was thirty.</p><p>______</p><p>6. He once met Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon.</p><p>______2 Short-answer comprehension questions Give short, grammatical answers to the following questions.</p><p>1. How does Tony feel about not becoming a jockey?</p><p>______</p><p>2. "At 21 he was 'on the knowledge' What do you think this means? ______</p><p>3. What is the misunderstanding that Tony describes in his story about Buzz Aldrin and getting autographs? ______</p><p>Writing</p><p>Do you think Tony was right to give up his childhood dream of being a jockey? What can we learn from his story? ______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p>