Reading comprehension – Drag and drop

Read the article about expressions with bird names on pages 18-19 of English Now No 128. Then look at the list of birds below and drag and drop the names into the corresponding expressions.
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1. James won’t be awake this early. He’s a night
______
.

2. It takes a long time to drive to the next village. It’s much closer as the
______
flies.

3. I was so scared in that spooky house that I had
______
bumps on my arms.

4. Taxis are as scarce as
______
’s teeth on a Saturday night.

5. It was his final film before his death. Sadly it was his
______
song.

6. My daughter has just qualified as a doctor. I’m as proud as a
______
.

7. It was his first flying lesson, but he took to it like a
______
to water.



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