Vocab 1
a kind of open shoe that people often wear at the beach
flip-flop
An adjective that can mean object is easy to build and use
simple
Someone or something that is notably different in a good way; noted in history
remarkable
He is ________ in model trains.
interested
The invention of the printing press was a major milestone in history, but the spread of education that followed was ________________ in shaping modern society.
equally important
the things you throw away because you do not want them; garbage
trash
Something that has many parts and takes time to learn to build and use
complicated
another word for a business owner
entrepreneur
He ____________ history as his major until he changed it.
was studying
_______ great example of an inventor is Henry Ford, who created the automobile assembly line.
Another
to move something naturally from the water to the beach
wash up
When something brand new is thought of and made for the first time
invention
A word that means someone has quit working due to old age
retired
She _____________ (try) to wake her sister up; it was an accident
was not trying (did not try)
Many great inventors, ______ Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright brothers, created inventions that changed the world.
such as; for example
an object that decorates a home or a yard
ornament
Winning a prize for doing something big
achievement
Being able to achieve an aim or purpose
success
Turn the following into a sentence that shows an event that happened at one point during the past progressive: Eating dinner, dog bark
While we were eating dinner, the dog started barking. The dog started barking while we were eating dinner.
Use a time order word to complete: _______, people stream their favorite shows online, but before that, they often rented DVDs from this once-popular video store chain.
Nowadays
very far from other places
isolated
The shape or appearance of how something is made
design
causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing
amazing
They called for the fire department ____________the building _________. The fire continued to climb.
while; when. burned; burned down.
Complete with a time order word or phrase: ________ the telephone was invented in 1876, people had already been sending messages long distances using this earlier communication device.
By the time; when