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CHAPTER 12CHAPTER 12

EponymsEponyms

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Many words have interesting storiesabout them. o you !now where thesewords "ome #rom$

sandwi"h bi!inisandwi"h bi!ini %umbo %umbo

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Eponyms are words thatcome from the names of

people or places, and they often tell interesting

stories too. An example of an eponym is the word

afghan.An afghan is a small blanket thatwas first

made by people in Afghanistan. Today in the U.S.,

people whohave afghans often place the colorful

blankets over furniture. The nglish language has

tens of thousands of eponyms. !ere are some moreexamples.

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&ords&ords that "ome #rom p'a"esthat "ome #rom

p'a"es

A bikiniis a two"piece swimsuit thatwas introduced

by a #rench designer in $%&'. Around this time, theUnited States dropped nuclear bombs on (ikini

)sland, an event thatshocked the world. Thedesigner, whosecreation shocked the fashion world,

named his clothing after these events, some believe.

The word sandwichcomes from a town thatis in the

south of ngland. )n the $'**s, an important man in

the town of Sandwich was +ohn ontagu. -neevening, ontagu sat at a table and gambled for &

hours without stopping, and the only food thathe atewas meat with bread. That food was given the name

sandwich.

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&ords&ordsthat "ome #rom peop'e (or anima's)that "ome #rom

peop'e (or anima's)

The wordjumbo comes from a very large elephantthatlived in a /ondon 0oo in the $1**s. )ts name was

+umbo.

)n Texas in the $1**s, most people branded their

cows and kept them on one piece of land. (ut

Samuel averick was man whosecows didn2t havebrands. They walked anywhere they wanted. This

was dangerous because people could steal the cows.!owever, averick was a person whotook chancesand didn2t follow the rules. Today, this is the definition

of the word maverick.

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Reading ComprehensionReading Comprehension

Match each eponym in Column A with the correct definition inColumn B.

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$. 3umbo a. someone who doesn2t followrules and takes chances

. sandwich b. very big

4. maverick c. women2s clothing for

swimming&. bikini d. a kind of food you can eat

with your hands

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++RAMMARRAMMAR

PPRACT,CERACT,CEComplete the sentences with ALL the correctComplete the sentences with ALL the correct

answers. Use who, that,answers. Use who, that, -- which , or whose.which , or whose.

$. any people 555555555555 have afghansin their homes.

. The man 555555555555 was famous fornot branding his cows was named Samuel

averick.

4. The 0oo 555555555555 +umbo lived in

was in /ondon.

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who thatwho that

that whi"hthat whi"h 66

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PPRACT,CERACT,CE

&. 7esigner /ouis 8eard " the man 555555555changed beach fashion forever " said that a

two"piece swimsuit was a bikini only if it

could be pulled through a wedding ring.

9. The town 55555555555555 the sandwich is

named after is in the south of ngland.

who thatwho that

that whi"hthat whi"h 66

Complete the sentences with ALL the correctComplete the sentences with ALL the correct

answers. Use who, that,answers. Use who, that, -- which , or whose.which , or whose.

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