VOCABULARY EXERCISE

1. Write the sentences in order.

saxophone he play the didn’t
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painted she pictures a lot of
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did travelled to he space? the
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she did to cure a medicine people? invent
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animals she cured many
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2. Complete the text with the words in the box.

invented was astronaut inventor traffic light painted woman played

Sarah Boone was an _______________ . She _______________ the ironing board.

Jackie Robinson ___________ baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was named
Rookie of the year in 1947.

Mae Jemison ____________the first African American ______________ in space. She was accepted as a
NASA _________________ in 1987.

Garret Morgan invented the _____________________________ to control the traffic at an

intersection.

Frida Kahlo _________________ a lot of colourful pictures.

3. This text is not in order. Can you number the sentences in the correct order?

She went to England to look after the British soldiers during the Crimean War.

Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, in 1820.

When she returned to Florence, she opened a training school at St. Thomas’
Hospital to teach nurses.

She went to England with 38 nurses to cure the soldiers.

 • Match the name of the American hero (or heroine) with what he (or she) did:
____1. Geronimo a. invented the telephone

____2. The Wright Brothers b. athlete who won a lot of medals

____3. Helen Keller c. U. S. president who abolished slavery

____4. Abraham Lincoln d. black slave woman who fought for slaves’ freedom

____5. George Washington e. Indian leader who fought against Mexico for his tribe

____6. Florence Griffith f. blind and deaf woman who became a teacher

____7. Susan B. Anthony g. black athlete man who won many medals

____8. Jesse Owens h. first astronaut to walk on the Moon

____9. Alexander Graham Bell i. first U.S. president who appears in $1 bills

____10. Harriet Tubman j. brothers who invented the airplane

____11. Neil Armstrong k. teacher who defended women rights