Childhood

5. The child threw ..... when mother refused to buy him a new toy.
7. When I was a baby I slept in a ..... , not in a cot like most babies nowadays.
8. When I was three I went to ..... . I still have some vague memories of the time.
11. Nowadays nappies are ..... . In the past mothers had to reuse them.
13. When I went to my new school I was a victim of ..... on the part of some older boys.
14. My mum used to read me a ..... story every day after she had tucked me in my bed.
16. Parents should teach their children some .....-how to behaveproperly in social situations.

1. Some ..... games are very educational, children should be encouraged to play them.
2. Kate is my ...... from childhood. We used to spend hours playing with dolls and in the sandpit.
3. Her parents died when she was little and she went to an ..... run by nuns.
4. My favourite childhood play was hide and ..... .
6. She had sheltered ..... . Her parents were overprotective and fulfilled all her wishes.
9. This is a toy that keeps babies’ attention because it makes characteristic sounds.
10. Mother gave her baby daughter a ..... to calm her down.
12. I had five ..... . I was the oldest one, so I had to help my mum a lot as a child.
13. Her mother was always absent, so he was practically ..... up by his grandparents.
15. I ..... up in the village, not in the city.