Exercise 8

1. burned, burnt

2. Bonar Law, born in Rexton, New Brunswick, 1858 - Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1922

3. last bone in your spine, “tail bone”

4. Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba

5. lively dance

6. Canadian expression “liquor made by filling a recently empty run barrel with boiling water.....”

7. 1935

8. “Mixture of drid petals and spices used to perfume a room...

From the French meaning “rotten pot” The meaning has changed completely.

9. 6 feet....Old English from Germanic meaning outstretched arms

How wide will your arms stretch? Are you as big as the people who created this term?

10. Boudicca (also Boadicea) Queen of an ancient English tribe

Exercise 9

1. Homographs...words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

2. In the definition section, after the part of speech

3. Tells when and how words can be used

15 registers

Slang is informal language which is not suitable for written work.

Coarse slang should not be used anywhere.

4. opp means an antonym or opposite

= means the two meanings are equal

compare means that the meanings are similar and that understanding the meaning of one may help understand the other

5. Use an exclamation point to show absurdity, command, warning...wonder.

6. Write “i” before “e” except after “c” or when it says “a” as in neighbour and weigh. If you hear the sound “ee”, write “ie”.

7. Kim Campbell, for less than 1 year.

8. Pressure is measured in pascals.

9. 10 degrees Celsius

10. 28 letters