Life as a YouTuber

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k
• Leerjaar 1

Jessii Vee makes videos of herself and puts them on YouTube. Millions of people watch them. 

Here, she tells us about her life as a YouTuber

Preparation exercise

Match the words with the definitions

A number which means one thousand million

1. a billion
2. to edit
3. a subscriber
4. cheeks

To improve or make changes to a piece of writing or video

1. a comment
2. confident
3. to edit
4. to inspire

Someone who chooses to follow a YouTube channel

1. to drop
2. comment
3. a subscriber
4. to inspire

To make other people want to do something special

1. a billion
2. to edit
3. to inspire
4. cheeks

Feeling that you can do things well

1. to drop
2. confident
3. to edit
4. a billion

The round part of your face, under your eyes

1. to edit
2. subscriber
3. a billion
4. cheeks

A piece of writing under a video where you say what you think about the video

1. a comment
2. to drop
3. to edit
4. subscriber

To let something you're holding fall onto the floor

1. cheeks
2. confident
3. to inspire
4. to drop

Read the text and fill in the numbers

How old is Jessii? (alleen het getal invullen)

How many times have people watched Jessii's videos? ... million

How many videos does Jessii make in a week?

How many days a week does Jessii work?

How many people saw the Beijing Olympics? ... billion

How many times have people watched DanTDM’s videos? ... billion

True/false

Read the text and answer the true/false questions

Jessii was so surprised when a fan recognised her that she dropped her coffee.

1. true
2. false

When Jessii got hate comments, she changed the way she looks.

1. true
2. false

It’s better to stop comments on your videos if you’re a YouTube beginner.

1. true
2. false

If you want to be a big YouTube star, people need to see your face in your videos.

1. true
2. false

Jessii is more comfortable in her videos now than she was in the past.

1. true
2. false

She says you should make videos you think other people will like.

1. true
2. false