A. Reading comprehension

Read our article on Prince on pages 8-9 of English Now No 88. Then decide if the statements below are true (correct) or false (incorrect). If a statement is false, think about why it is false. Then check your answers in Part B.

1. Prince was named after his father, who was also a musician.
- a. true
- b. false
2. Prince became interested in music at a young age.
- a. true
- b. false
3. He played drums with a band called Grand Central.
- a. true
- b. false
4. He released his first album when he was 18.
- a. true
- b. false
5. He became famous when he released his fifth album, 1999.
- a. true
- b. false
6. His first film, Purple Rain, cost $80 million to make
- a. true
- b. false
7. The sequel to the film, Graffiti Bridge, was a big success.
- a. true
- b. false
8. Prince changed his name to a symbol that nobody could pronounce because he was having problems with his record label.
- a. true
- b. false
9. He later started his own record label, called NPG Records.
- a. true
- b. false
10. Prince said in an interview with The Telegraph that he was a very strange man.
- a. true
- b. false

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A. Reading comprehension

1. Prince was named after his father, who was also a musician.

2. Prince became interested in music at a young age.

3. He played drums with a band called Grand Central.

4. He released his first album when he was 18.

5. He became famous when he released his fifth album, 1999.

6. His first film, Purple Rain, cost $80 million to make

7. The sequel to the film, Graffiti Bridge, was a big success.

8. Prince changed his name to a symbol that nobody could pronounce because he was having problems with his record label.

9. He later started his own record label, called NPG Records.

10. Prince said in an interview with The Telegraph that he was a very strange man.