Why is Charlie so cool... like?
In April 2007, a 16-year-old boy named Charlie McDonnell was studying for his exams. But he was bored, so he turned on his laptop computer. He found a website called YouTube and watched a video of another teenager (like him). The teenager was sitting in his bedroom and talking about how bored he was. "I can do better than that!" thought Charlie. So he used his laptop and made the first video, and posted it on YouTube under the name Charlieissocoollike.
Two days after Charlie posted his first video, he had 150 subscribers. His videos were funny and interesting. He soon became quite popular. A few months later, Oprah Winfrey, the famous American TV host, showed one of Charlie's videos on her programme. In this video, Charlie wore a suit and tie and talks in a funny accent.
To say thank you to all his fans he made a video called Challenge Charlie, asking people to suggest funny or difficult things for him to do in his videos. Challenges included drinking tomato ketchup, wearing all of his clothes at once and painting himself purple!
Charlie is also a singer and songwriter. His most popular videos are of him singing and playing the ukulele. In Duet with Myself, he uses special effects to sing a duet with himself about what a boring person he is. This has now been watched over 7 million times!
Oh, and how did Charlie do in his exams back in 2007? Well, he passed with nine A grades and one B! He says that he wants to go to university in the future but decided to try and make a career on YouTube before that. So far, it's going very well.
Read the sentences. Decide if the statements are true or false. Justify your answer!
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Charlie is 16 years old. T F
Justification: It's true, because Charlie is 16 years old.
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Charlie made his first video in 2005. T F
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Charlie plays the piano. T F
Justification:
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Charlie got good exam results. T F
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