For each question, choose the correct answer.
Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning was born on February 23rd 1994, in Georgia, USA. She began acting classes at a very (1)…………… age and starred in her first TV advert when she was just five years old.
After that, she had a long and successful (2)…………… as a child actor in both TV shows and films. In 2001, she (3)…………… an important prize for her part in the film I am Sam. Over the next ten years, she acted with many big Hollywood stars, including Reese Witherspoon, Tom Cruise and Kurt Russell.
Dakota Fanning is different from many child actors because her success continued as she (4)…………… up and became an adult. In 2018, she (5)…………… to TV for the first time in ten years, starring in a popular police drama set in the nineteenth century, (6)…………… The Alienist.
1 A small B early C little
2 A career B job C occupation
3 A did B earned C won
4 A got B grew C went
5 A returned B changed C arrived
6 A said B told C called
Answer
1 B: Of these three words, only ‘early’ goes with ‘at a very … age’.
2 A: Of these three words, only ‘career’ goes with ‘long and successful’.
3 C: You win a prize (you earn money and do an activity).
4 B: This phrasal verb means ‘became an adult’. ‘Got up’ means got out of bed in the morning. ‘Went up’ means went higher, ‘went up the stairs’, for example.
5 A: ‘returned to TV’ means went back to work there again. It is not possible to say ‘change to TV’ or ‘arrive to TV’.
6 C: This is the word we use when we give the name of something. ‘Say’ and ‘tell’ are about talking.