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Chapter: 10. The Prince And The Swallow

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Word Wonder: Old-Fashioned Words

Sometimes, words that were once common fall out of everyday use. These are often called “old-fashioned words” or “archaic words.” They might still appear in older books, poems, or historical texts, but you wouldn’t typically hear them in casual conversation today. Learning these words helps us understand older literature and appreciate how language changes over time. It’s like finding a linguistic treasure from the past!

For example, the word “seamstress” is a good example. While we understand what it means (a woman who sews), we might now use more general terms like “tailor” or “designer” or simply “someone who sews clothes.” The words in the table below are similar; they have modern equivalents that we use more frequently. Understanding them expands your vocabulary and helps you read older stories with greater ease.

Exercises:

Use the words given in the table above to complete these sentences.

Whose is that building _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?

Whose is that building yonder?

Don’t be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Stay inside your home until the storm subsides.

Don’t be afeard. Stay inside your home until the storm subsides.

There was a major shortage of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the refugee camp.

There was a major shortage of aliment in the refugee camp.

He passed his driving test at the first _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

He passed his driving test at the first assay.

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