IELTS Vocabulary 25

IELTS Vocabulary 25

Names and Titles

Put each of the following words and phrases in its correct place in the sentences below.

 

 

 

surname – pen-name – maiden name – stage name – first name

hyphenated name (or ‘double-barrelled name’) – nickname – alias – pet name

(a) My name is Bob Jones. Of course ‘Jones’ is my ……………..
(b) Bob, short for ‘Robert’, is my ……………..
(c) At school the other boys called me ‘Brains’, It was my ……………..
(d) As a criminal I used the false name ‘Fred Yates’. That was my ……………..
(e) When I write novels I call myself Simon Sims. That’s my ……………..
(f) Some people have two parts to their family name, e.g. Mr. Smith-Stewart. This is called a ……………..
(g) I was Miss North before I married, so ‘North’ is my ……………..
(h) My wife affectionately calls me ‘Dimple’. It’s a kind of ……………..
(i) As an actress in the theatre I was known as Gloria Gold. That was my ……………..

 

Answers:

a) surname b) first name c) nickname d) alias e) pen-name

f) hyphenated name g) maiden name h) pet name i) stage name

 

Other Vocabulary :

first name / Christian name / given name
last name / surname / family name
full name
nickname
maiden name
alias