gnome:

a legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the

earth's treasures underground.
blood: the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and
veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying
oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the
body
rhubarb: . a plant that has long, sour-tasting red

1 referred
2 broccoli
3 acceptable
4 unnecessary
5 consensus
6 occurrence
7 embarrass
8 manoeuvres
9 definitely
10 separated

revue review, sea see,

threw through,
your you’re, no know,
it’s its, weigh way,
tolled told,
sew so

2c 1he was surprised at how much English spelling varied

2 Fashion and snobbery have always been important in English life, and they are
important for spelling, too.
3 writers looked at Latin spelling to help them
4 For a long time it was acceptable to spell words in different ways. 1 The reviewer feels sorry for students of English as English
5 Even today, some words can be spelt in different ways. spelling is so hard to learn.
6 on the internet everyone has a ‘vote’ on how words should be spelt 2 She gives the example of Dan Quayle, a US vice-president, who
misspelt potato and was never taken seriously again.
 there

1 they’re
2 there
3 their