The Reading / Listening - YouTuber MrBeast - Level 0

MrBeast, the most-followed YouTuber, has made $250,000 from a video he put on X. The video has had 157 million views. There are more views every day. It is called "$1 Car vs $100,000,000 Car". Many companies bought ads on his video. He will give the $250,000 away. Twelve lucky followers will each get $20,000.

MrBeast wanted to know how YouTube videos become so popular. For five years, he studied this. He said: "I woke up, I would Uber Eats food, and then I would sit on my computer all day just studying [stuff] nonstop." He is now a successful businessman and influencer. He also does a lot for charity.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    YouTuber MrBeast - Level 1 YouTuber MrBeast - Level 2   or  YouTuber MrBeast - Level 3

Sources
  • https://mashable.com/article/mrbeast-x-video-revenue-earnings
  • https://news.sky.com/story/mrbeast-offers-followers-cash-windfall-after-x-video-earns-him-200k-13054344
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrBeast


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. the most-followed
  2. made $250,000
  3. The video has had
  4. There are more views
  5. $1 Car vs
  6. Many companies bought ads
  7. He will give the
  8. Twelve lucky followers will each
  1. every day
  2. $100,000,000 Car
  3. from a video
  4. get $20,000
  5. $250,000 away
  6. YouTuber
  7. on his video
  8. 157 million views

Paragraph 2

  1. MrBeast wanted
  2. how YouTube videos become
  3. For five years, he
  4. I woke up, I would Uber Eats
  5. I would sit on my computer
  6. studying stuff
  7. He is now a successful
  8. He also does a lot
  1. all day
  2. food
  3. for charity
  4. so popular
  5. businessman
  6. to know
  7. studied this
  8. nonstop

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

MrBeast, (1) ___________________ YouTuber, has made $250,000 from a video (2) ___________________ X. The video (3) ___________________ million views. There (4) ___________________ every day. It is called "$1 Car vs $100,000,000 Car". Many companies bought ads on his video. He (5) ___________________ $250,000 away. Twelve lucky followers (6) ___________________ $20,000.

MrBeast became (7) ___________________ how YouTube videos (8) ___________________. For five years, he studied this. He said: "(9) ___________________, I would Uber Eats food, and (10) ___________________ sit on my computer all day just (11) ___________________." He is now a successful businessman and influencer. He also does a (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

MrBeast,themost-followedYouTuber,hasmade$250,000fromavideo
heputonX.Thevideohashad157millionviews.Therearemoreviewseve
ryday.Itiscalled"$1Carvs$100,000,000Car".Manycompaniesbought
adsonhisvideo.Hewillgivethe$250,000away.Twelveluckyfollowersw
illeachget$20,000.MrBeastbecamewantedtoknowhowYouTubevide
osbecomesopopular.Forfiveyears,hestudiedthis.Hesaid:"Iwokeup,I
wouldUberEatsfood,andthenIwouldsitonmycomputeralldayjuststud
ying[stuff]nonstop."Heisnowasuccessfulbusinessmanandinfluencer
.Healsodoesalotforcharity.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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Answers

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