BABY IDIOMS

Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son, His Royal Highness, Prince of Cambridge. The baby is third in the line of succession to the British throne, after his grandfather, Prince Charles, and father, Prince William [the Duke of Cambridge].

As everybody's thinking of babies this week, here are some baby idioms [1 - 6] for you to match up with their meanings [a - f].  You can see the answers at the end of the quiz:;

1.  as soft as a baby's bottom

2.  leave someone holding the baby

3.  sleep like a baby

4.  a baby boomer

5.  throw the baby out with the bathwater

6.  wet the baby's head

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a.   Someone born between 1945 and 1965, the Postwar Era when a lot of babies were born.

b.  to discard something useful with something useless

c.  to sleep very well

d.  very smooth to touch

e.  [In British English]:  to celebrate the arrival of a baby by drinking alcohol [usually quite a lot!]

f.  To let someone else take the blame for a problem you have caused or for something you have done wrong.

To see the answers, please highlight the space below:

1. d  2. f  3. c  4.a  5. b  6. e

4TH JULY QUIZ

A quiz for 4th July. We take this opportunity to wish all our friends in the USA a happy day!

The answers are at the end of the quiz.

1.  4th July is - - - - - - - - - - - - Day in the USA.

2.  On the flag of the USA, the 50 stars represent the 50 - - - - - - .

3.  On the flag of the USA, the 13 stripes represent the 13 British - - - - - - - - which declared independence from Great Britain on 4th July 1776.

4.  Lots of people celebrate this day outside, with p - r - - - - ,  c - - c - - - - , p - - n - - - , b - r - - - - - - and f - - - - - - - - in the evening.

5.  The main reason why the American colonists were angry was that they had to pay unjust  t - - - - to the British government.

6.  On 4th July 1884 France presented the - - - - - -  of  - - - - - - - to the USA.

7.  The Liberty - - - - in Philadelphia is tapped, but not rung, 13 times on 4th July.

8.  A salute of one gun for each state is fired at US military bases at midday on 4th July. This is called a "salute to the - - - - - ".

9.  It is estimated that 150 million hot - - - - are eaten in the USA on this day.

10. "The Star-Spangled  - - - - - - " is the national anthem of the USA.

Highlight the space below to see the answers:

1. Independence  2. states  3. colonies  4. parades, concerts, picnics, barbecues, fireworks.  5. taxes  
6. Statue of Liberty  7. Bell  8. Union  9. dogs  10. Banner