Bài giảng Chuyên đề ngữ pháp tiếng Anh - Reading: Eponyms

 CHAPTER 12
 Eponyms
 1 Eponyms are words that come 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 that was first 
made by people in Afghanistan. Today in the U.S., 
people who have afghans often place the colorful 
blankets over furniture. The English language has 
tens of thousands of eponyms. Here are some more 
examples.
 3 Words that come from people (or animals)
• The word jumbo comes from a very large elephant 
that lived in a London zoo in the 1800s. Its name was 
Jumbo. 
• In Texas in the 1800s, most people branded their 
cows and kept them on one piece of land. But 
Samuel Maverick was man whose cows didn’t have 
brands. They walked anywhere they wanted. This 
was dangerous because people could steal the cows. 
However, Maverick was a person who took chances 
and didn’t follow the rules. Today, this is the definition 
of the word maverick. 
 5 GRAMMAR Complete the sentences with ALL the correct 
PRACTICE answers. Use who, that, Ø, which , or whose. 
1. Many people ____________Ø have afghans 
 in their homes.
2. The man ____________who, that was famous for 
 not branding his cows was named Samuel 
 Maverick.
3. The zoo ____________that, which, Ø Jumbo lived in 
 was in London.
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