History Vocabulary 5

The ……… of England in 1605 was James I.

A famous ……… starred in the film.

The ……… plants crops in his fields every spring.

We have one more ……… before the first show tomorrow night.

Neil Armstrong was the first ……… to walk on the Moon.

My brother is a computer programmer and he ……… software for a bank.

Diane is a ……… . She takes care of sick people in the hospital.

Alexander Fleming ……… penicillin in 1928.

John is a ……… and he writes music for films and TV shows.

The sculptor makes amazing ……… of famous people.

Nurses and doctors ……… for sick people.

On New Year’s Eve people set off ……… .

Queen Elizabeth is the head of the ……… Family in Britain.

Albert Einstein is famous for his ……… of relativity.

Read the text below. Complete the gaps (1-3) with appropriate words A-F from the box to obtain a grammatically and lexically correct text. Fill in the gaps with appropriate letters. There are three extra words that do not match any of the gaps.

CALENDARS

      These days, everybody uses calendars to note important dates like birthdays, but when did we start measuring time?

      Until recently, experts believed that people in the Near East made the 1) ………………..……. calendar 5,000 years ago. However, they then 2) ………………..……. an ancient site in Scotland from over 10,000 years ago. At the site, there were 12 holes in the ground. Scientists think that people 3) ………………..……. them to track the movement of the Moon and measure time. It’s an exciting discovery because it shows that people had calendars many centuries ago.

1) the first word

Read the text below. Complete the gaps (1-3) with appropriate words A-F from the box to obtain a grammatically and lexically correct text. Fill in the gaps with appropriate letters. There are three extra words that do not match any of the gaps.

CALENDARS

      These days, everybody uses calendars to note important dates like birthdays, but when did we start measuring time?

      Until recently, experts believed that people in the Near East made the 1) ………………..……. calendar 5,000 years ago. However, they then 2) ………………..……. an ancient site in Scotland from over 10,000 years ago. At the site, there were 12 holes in the ground. Scientists think that people 3) ………………..……. them to track the movement of the Moon and measure time. It’s an exciting discovery because it shows that people had calendars many centuries ago.

2) the second word

Read the text below. Complete the gaps (1-3) with appropriate words A-F from the box to obtain a grammatically and lexically correct text. Fill in the gaps with appropriate letters. There are three extra words that do not match any of the gaps.

CALENDARS

      These days, everybody uses calendars to note important dates like birthdays, but when did we start measuring time?

      Until recently, experts believed that people in the Near East made the 1) ………………..……. calendar 5,000 years ago. However, they then 2) ………………..……. an ancient site in Scotland from over 10,000 years ago. At the site, there were 12 holes in the ground. Scientists think that people 3) ………………..……. them to track the movement of the Moon and measure time. It’s an exciting discovery because it shows that people had calendars many centuries ago.

3) the third word