Pull out All the Stops

Max is busy preparing a surprise for a friend's birthday, involving decorating and baking. The conversation shifts to explaining the idiom 'pulling out all the stops', which originates from pipe organs where stops control air flow to make music louder. Max then asks for help and reveals more about the friend, ending with a birthday wish.

What is Max doing to surprise his best friend?

• Planning a trip

• Decorating a house and baking a cake

• Buying a gift

• Organizing a party

What does the phrase 'pulling out all the stops' mean?

• To stop doing something

• To play music softly

• To take a break

• To make a great effort

Where does the expression 'pulling out all the stops' originate from?

• Piano playing

• Drum sets

• Pipe organs

• Guitar tuning

What happens when the stops are pulled out on a pipe organ?

• The organ stops playing

• The music becomes louder

• The organ changes pitch

• The music becomes softer

Who is Max's birthday wish directed to at the end?

• His best friend

• His family

• Moon

• His teacher