National 4 - Listening (Jackie Stewart)

How many times was Sir Jackie Stewart Formula 1 world champion?

• Once

• Twice

• Three Times

In which situation does Sir Jackie say that he felt ‘jiggered’?

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  Coming out of a Formula 1 car after a race

• During his schooldays

• Winning the World Championship

What is the main purpose of Sir Jackie’s story about his serious accident in the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix?

• To illustrate the dangers of motor racing

• To describe a situation which caused him to feel ‘jiggered’

• To explain the consequences of losing control of a racing car

In the course of telling the story of his accident, Sir Jackie uses the word ‘aquaplaning’. Of which language feature is this an example?

• 
  Scots language

• The jargon of motor racing

• 
  Colloquial language

Which of the following definitions comes closest to the meaning of the word ‘jiggered’ as it is used in the film clip?

• To be exhausted or tired out by an experience

• 
  To suffer serious injuries after an accident

• To be laughed at

What is the main role of the presenter in this clip?

• 
  To ask Sir Jackie Stewart a series of questions

• 
  To provide background information about Sir Jackie’s career and make links between his comments

• 
  To provide a commentary on Sir Jackie’s answers

Which of the Scots words used in the film clip means ‘to be annoyed or irritated by something’?

• Jiggered

• Scunnered

• Giving it laldy

What is the stated purpose of the film clip?

• To illustrate Sir Jackie Stewart’s favourite Scots word

• 
  To provide a summary of Sir Jackie Stewart’s racing career

• To explain why Sir Jackie Stewart is so famous

The presenter says that success and fame were not always part of [Sir Jackie Stewart’s] life. Which of the following is given as an example of this?

• He experienced difficulties at school as a result of dyslexia

• He suffered serious injuries in the Belgian Grand Prix

• He grew up in Dumbarton

What was the most significant effect that dyslexia had on Sir Jackie Stewart’s life?

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  It led him to think he was a failure

• 
  It drove him to reach a higher level in motor sport

• 
  It led him to want to leave school