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FUN FACT
Did you know: this year the average pocket money
has risen by 6% or 36p. Time to ask for a raise!

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Off on holiday? Our guide to making friends in differen
languages could be useful. Do tell us about your travels

Sudoku Riddle
Fill the spaces with numbers from 1 to 9 so that every row, Can you find the word
column and 3x3 box contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.
hidden in this riddle?
YOUR JOKE
3 1 8 6 4 9 It’s not an hour or even a week …

My first is in woman and in man Why did the snail cross the road?
8 3 My second is in pot but not in pan I don’t know – it hasn’t got there yet!
My third is not in midday but is in Beren Breeze, 5
midnight
9 6 1 3 2 5 My fourth is in taste and in sight
My last is the first letter of height YOUR SUMMER
6 5
During the holidays I have taken up
3 7 5 baking and the book that inspired me
was Let’s Cook: Baking and Desserts,
published by Star Fire. It shows you
4 1 how to make everything from
flans and pizzas to dough-
4 5 3 2 9 1 nuts and pies. It explains
everything simply so it’s
7 4 great for children and
people who have just
been introduced to baking!
1 6 7 4 2 8 I made a strawberry sponge
For answers see tomorrow’s G2
(pictured) and it came out perfectly.
Tallulah Guard, 10

How to...
how to say “Hello, my name (kom-oh teh yam-ass)
is ______”: In Spanish, you will YOU AND YOUR PET
make “Bonjour, je m’appelle
_____” ­(pronounced: boh-
­notice that they use two
questions marks in a Pet: Lola.

friends in shoor, sj’ mapell _______)

And to ask someone their
­sentence: one upside down
at the beginning of the
Nickname: Kitty.
Age: 13 weeks.

french or name, you say:

“Comment tu t’appelles?”
­sentence and another at
the end.
Breed: Ragdoll.
Favourite food: Pen

spanish (kom-oh too tapell)

LA ESPAÑA!
Making new friends is one of the Did you know that Spanish
best things about going on holiday. is the second most
But what if you don’t speak the same ­spoken
­language? Never fear! Our handy guide ­language in
is here to help you. the world?
It comes
second to
La France! Mandarin
There are lots of games Chinese,
you can play to practise and English comes in at
your French. For ex- third place. How many
ample (or par exemple), countries can you name
how many words can you where Spanish is the main
find in France that you use language?
when speaking English? That croissant If you’re visiting a
you ate in a café the other day, the country where Spanish is
collage you did at school or spoken, here’s how to say
the ballet class you “Hello, my name is ______”:
went to. “Hola, me llamo _____”
Those are (oh-la, me yam-oh ______)
NAME GAME!
Ask your new holiday
friends to play this
naming game with
you in French
or Spanish. One
person needs to
be blindfolded
and twirled
around. They
then have to “find”
someone and ask them
what their name is. The
person answers in French
or Spanish.
You could all choose a
French or Spanish name to
make it more difficult!
50 French Phrases and 50 Spanish
Phrases by Susan Martineau (www.
bsmall.co.uk, rrp £5.99). To order a
lids and bottle tops.
Dislikes: Dogs and
the washing machine.
Hobbies: Sleeping, eating and purring.
Eleanor and Keir
COMPETITION
There’s just over a week to go until our
competition for young writers aged 18
and under closes. So send us a 350-
word review of a film, TV programme,
album, play or concert that’s grabbed
you this summer. The winner will go to
an event with a Guardian critic and
write about it for G2; runners-up will
be published on guardian.co.uk. For
rules, judges, prizes and tips go to
guardian.co.uk/youngcritics
Yesterday’s answers
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Answer: 2 (starting from 1, subtract an
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