Wordbuldde: As a Nigel leclis = svelte eaten erate acl om Wie paWelle tanalstntieNames Surname .. | Forename(s) ... Quiz See how easily and quickly you can find the missing names in the sentences below. ‘The answers are printed after the exercise to help you. 1 William F. Cody (1846 — 1917) was nicknamed ... 2 Mozart’s Christian names were 3 Queen Elizabeth’s youngest son is called ... 4 The Idlewild Airport in New York was renamed ... after this man’s death. 5 ...sreal name is Richard Starkey. 6 A Swedish actress by the name of Greta Gustaffson adopted the screen 7 8 9 pseudonym of... . Bach's initials, J.S., stand for .. Mrs Mark Phillips’ maiden mame was ... . ‘The newest airport in Paris is mamed after ... 10 Most Englishmen have pretended at some time in their life to be William Younger, alias .... 411 Samuel Clemens’ pon-name was ... 12 The stretch of coastland between Toulon in France and Spezia in Italy is known as... 18 The tallest building in Paris takes its name from the engineer, ... 14 Someone christened Adolph Schickelgruber became world-famous under the name of ... 15 The film recognised as the first ‘talking picture’ was entitled ... 16 During the seventies a certain Cassius Clay changed his name to ... . Answers: 1 Buffalo Bill 2 Wolfgang Amadeus 8 Prince Edward 4 Kennedy International Airport 5 Ringo Starr 6 GretaGarbo 7 Johann Sebastian 8 Princess Anne (Windsor) 9 Charles de Gaulle 10 Billy the Kid 11 Mark Twain 12 The Riviera 18 (Alexandre Gustave) Fiffel 14 Adolf Hitler — the best known false name in the world? 15 The Jazz Singer 16 Mohammed Ali Practice 1 Discuss or write the answers to these questions. What nicknames have you had, if any? Why did people choase them? What will you call or have you called your children? Why? What's the derivation of the most popular surnames in your country? How has the fashion in first names changed in your lifetime? How important do you think a good name is for pop and film stars? How important is a good name for commercial products like shampoo, soap, cars or cigars? Can you think of any examples of names which have ruined a produel’s success? OanenrnAge Date of birth . Age.... (years). Reading Read through these expressions relating to how old we are and what age docs to us. 719... | (months) 1900 a new-born baby, 10 Ibs. 3 ozs. at birth ten months ald nearly eighteen months old a toddler four next birthday coming up to school age at infants’ school aschoolgirl 1910 all those in the 9— 11 age group he had a happy childhood he’s a nice kid a teenager in his youth the agonies of adolescence still a minor, legally speaking a juvenile delinquent congratulations on your coming of age 1920 you have to be over 21 ‘ “Miss June Hoskins, aged 22, of 85 Stanfield Road in his mid-twenties in his prime at the age of 26 she got married by the age of 26 she had lived in five different countries an adult a grown-up 1930 don’t be so childish he's turned thirty thirtyish not a youngster any more not as young as she was. 36 years of age approaching middle-age the Under 40s Social Club 1940 on the wrong side of forty beginning to look his age an ageing playboy beginning to feel her age I prefer mature people