Reading comprehension – True or false?

Read our article about Dame Maggie Smith on pages 8-9 of English Now No 133. Then decide if the statements below are true or false. If a statement is false, think about why it is false. Then check your answers in part B.

1. Dame Maggie Smith has been working as an actor for almost 50 years.
- a. True
- b. False
2. She has won many awards, including two Academy Awards.
- a. True
- b. False
3. She was born in London and grew up in Oxford, England.
- a. True
- b. False
4. She made her Broadway and film debuts in the same year.
- a. True
- b. False
5. She became famous for her role in the film THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE.
- a. True
- b. False
6. She played a doctor in the HARRY POTTER films.
- a. True
- b. False
7. She told ES MAGAZINE she found working in the HARRY POTTER films very satisfying.
- a. True
- b. False
8. She described film as her favourite medium.
- a. True
- b. False
9. Smith is a mother, a grandmother and a philanthropist.
- a. True
- b. False
10. In her new film, THE MIRACLE CLUB, she plays a woman from London who visits Lourdes.
- a. True
- b. False

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Reading comprehension – True or false?

1. Dame Maggie Smith has been working as an actor for almost 50 years.

2. She has won many awards, including two Academy Awards.

3. She was born in London and grew up in Oxford, England.

4. She made her Broadway and film debuts in the same year.

5. She became famous for her role in the film THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE.

6. She played a doctor in the HARRY POTTER films.

7. She told ES MAGAZINE she found working in the HARRY POTTER films very satisfying.

8. She described film as her favourite medium.

9. Smith is a mother, a grandmother and a philanthropist.

10. In her new film, THE MIRACLE CLUB, she plays a woman from London who visits Lourdes.