Today is ...  National Lollipop Day

Read the text.

(If you click on the image you'll see the text in a bigger size) 

Now answer questions 1-3 and choose the correct option for questions 4-7.

1. What is a lollipop?

2. How can you find/buy lollipops?

3. What are the main ingredients used to make lollipops?

4. What does the expression "has been around" mean?

     a.  goes round     b. is round     c. exists     d. makes

5. Who does the text refer to by "early humans"?

     a. the first humans    
     b. the humans that exist nowadays

     c. the humans that are always early

     d. the humans that are always late

6. What animal do we get honey from?

     a. any insect     b. bees     c. flies     d. mosquitoes

7. Who is George Smith?

     a. the inventor of the lollipop    
     b.  the man who ate the first lollipop

     c. the man who went to racehorses with a lollipop

     d. the man who gave the name to this type of candy/sweet

Listen to this really known song. It belongs to an ad broadcast in the UK. What are they advertising?

a. lollipops     b. paint      d. laptops

Now listen to the song with the lyrics and sing it along.

Let's investigate some more facts on the net.

- Who wrote the song "lollipop"?

- When did they write it?

- What American quartet made the song famous?

If you want some help, click on this link.