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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.
William F. Cody (1846 — 1917) was nicknamed ...
Mozart’s Christian names were ...
Queen Elizabeth's youngest son is ealled
‘The Idlewild Airport in New York was renamed ... after this man’s death
4 real name is Richard Starkey.
A Swedish actress by the name of Greta Gustafison adopted the sereen
pseudonym of ....
Bach’s initials, J'S., stand for ... .
Mrs Mark Phillips’ maiden name was
The newest airport in Paris is named after .
10 Most Englishmen have pretended at some time in their life to be William Younger,
alias ..
11 Samuel Clemens’ pen-name was -
Bn stretch of coastland between ‘Toulon in France and Spezia in Italy is known
DON Koawiowe
18 The Lallest 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 WolfgangAmadeus 8 Prince Edward 4 Kennedy
International Airport 6 RingoStarr 6 GretaGarbo 7 Johann Schastian
8 Princess Anne (Windsor) 9 Charles de Gaulle 10 Billy the Kid 11 Mark
Twain 12 TheRiviera 138 (Alexandre Gustave) Eiffel 14 Adolf Hitler — the
best known false name in the world? 15 Thedazz Singer 16 Muhammed Ali
Practice
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Discuss or write the answers to these questions.
What nicknames have you had, if any? Why did people choose them?
What will you call or have you called your children? Why?
What's the derivation of the most popular surnames in your count
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 produets like shampoo, soap, cars or
cigars? Can you think of any examples of names which have ruined a preduet’s
success?
DamesReading
Read through these expressions relating to how old we are and what age does to us.
1900
anew-born buby, 10 Ibs. 3 os. at birth
ten months old
nearly eighteen months old
a toddler
four next birthday
coming up to school age
at infants’ school
aschoolgirl
1910
all those in the 9— 1 age group
he had a happy childhood
he’s a nice kid
a teenager
in his youth
the agonies of udolescence
still a minor, legally speaking
a juvenile delinquent
congratulations on your coming of age
1920
you have to be over 2t .
‘Miss June Hoskins, aged 22, of 35 Stanfield Road
in his mid-twenties
in his prime
at the uge 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 2 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