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from the June 07, 2006 edition

Start your summer with a quiz


Fill in the blanks with to complete these two-word phrases about summer. You might want to pour yourself a glass of lemonade or turn on the air conditioner to keep yourself cool while you work on this.

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1. This is another name for the games where nations compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals in, for instance, swimming, soccer, and track and field.

Summer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. There are several varieties of this vegetable, such as the crookneck, which are eaten shortly after being picked rather than kept in storage.

Summer _ _ _ _ _ _

3. This is a period of unusually mild weather that often occurs in late autumn.

_ _ _ _ _ _ summer

4. This is the longest day of the year. It occurs in the Northern Hemisphere on June 21.

Summer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. If you do poorly in your classes during the year, you might have to go here to repeat a course.

Summer _ _ _ _ _ _

6. A fun place some kids go when there is no school. Here they might sleep in a bunk, have a counselor, and tell stories in the evening around a fire.

Summer _ _ _ _

7. This is when school is out for the year and you can sleep late, go to bed late, and play all day.

Summer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

See below for answers






























Answers:

1. Summer Olympics

2. Summer squash

3. Indian summer

4. Summer solstice

5. Summer school

6. Summer camp

7. Summer vacation


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