1. QUIZ

2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VCAB CLUB
3. PUNCTUATION
4. ADJECTIVE
5. EPONYMS


1.QUIZ


a. The head of a university departement is a ___
b. The leader of an orchestra is a ___
c. The commander of an army is a _____
d. The boss of a museum is a ____
e. The leader of a meeting is a _____


2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB


Briliant = intelegent
Foresignt = knowledge of the future
Census = official account
Garish = brightly colored
Destiny = fate
Hamper = to slow down, impede


4. PUNCTUATION


Punctuation is an important part of written English. It helps to express emotion, intonation and ideas clearly in a written sentence, some common punctuation marks and their names :
, = comma
; = semicolon
: = colon
. = period, full stop
! = exclamation mark
? = question mark
_ = hypen or dash
' = apostroophe


SOME UNCOMMON MARKS


& = ampersand, maening 'and'
@ = at
* = asterisk
() = parenthese, used to include information not to the main idea
[ ] = brackets, used to include information not important to the main idea
{ } = brace, used to en- close two or more lines


5. ADJECTIVE


Adjective have there forms 'the base form' the comparative form. and the superlative form.
The comparative used to compare two things and can be formed by adding to the base adjective (pretty = prettier)
or by placing "more" in front of the base word. The superlative form is used to compare three or more things, or all things (he is the best in the worlds!). The superlative is formed by adding and ending (pretty=prettiest). or placing "most" in front of the base word. The superlative always takes 'the'.


Words of one or two syllables are usually changed to the comparative by adding. For example :
Loud - louder - the loudest
happy - happier - the happiest


Words of more than two syllables are usually changed too the comparative or superlative by adding 'more' or 'most' . example:
Experienced - more experienced - the most experienced
Beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful


There are several irregular adjective, but there are five main ones to know :
Good - better - best
Bad - worse - worst
Far - father, further - farthest, furthest
Many - much - more - most


6. EPONYMS


Eponyms are words that are derived from the names of people. Most of the day of the week are eponyms, except for Sunday and Monday.


Tuesday - Tuesday comes from and old English word 'Tyr'. Tyr was the Anglo - Saxon god of war and the sky.


Wednesday - Again, this word is old English. Wednesday is a from of Woden's day. Woden or odin was the Norse god of wisdom, culture and war.


Thursday - Thor'sday, Thor was the Norse god of thunder.


Friday - Friday was named after the Norse Goddes Frigga, the Goddes of married. In legend, Frioga was jealous that Wednesday and Thursday were named after her husband woden, and son Thor, and demanded a day to be named after her to appease her !


Saturday - of course, Saturday was named after a god, but surprise it is not a Norse bad. I was named after a Roman God, Saturn, the God of agriculture.


ANSWER


a. Dean
b. Conductor
c. General
d. Curator
e. Hair person