Vocabulary Development

Unit 14: Nellie BIy

NOUNS / VERBS / A&JECTIVES / ADVERBS
age / boarding / mobbed / simply
cape / cabled / prim
carriage / greet / tweed
delay / landed
determination / mounting up
editor
insane asylum
leg (of a journey)
mine/-s
novel
route
sights
temples
wonder

Women Leaders Unit 14: Nellie BIy

Sentence Practice

  1. The small and neat (adj. ______) pretty young womansigned her newspaper stories, Nellie BIy.
  2. The person who decides what appears in a newspaper (n. ______) looked up and said. "That's right."
  3. Haven't I lived in a mental hospital (n. ______)?
  4. Haven't I been down in deep holes underground (n. ______)?
  5. The editor had learned something about Nellie's ability to continue trying to achieve her goal without giving up(n______).
  6. Three days later, in November 1889, Nellie BIy was getting on(v.______) a ship to sail from New York to Europe.
  7. The girl was going to try to beat the hero of a long fictionalstory (n. ______) and go around the world in less than80 days.
  8. As soon as she arrived (v.______) shesent astory by telegraph to New York.
  9. As soon as shearrived, she sent a story by telegraph (v. ______) to New York.
  10. Then she rushed for the train to take her on the next part (n. ______) of her journey.
  11. Thousands of readers in America were looking at maps, following Nellie BIy on her way (n. ______) from one place to another.
  12. They also read about the strange things (n. ______) Nellie was seeing – mountains, and rivers, andreligious buildings, camels and elephants.
  13. They also read about the strangethings Nellie was seeing – mountains, and rivers, and religious buildings(n. ______), camels and elephants.
  14. A fierce storm blew up at sea but Nellie only worried about the waiting time (n. ______).
  15. The days of travel were slowly increasing (v. ______).
  16. A crowd was waiting to welcome (v. ______) her when she landed in San Francisco.
  17. Everyone cheered at the slender girl in a long coat without sleeves (n. ______) made ofwoolen material of different colors.
  18. Everyone cheered at the slender girl in a long coat without sleeves made of woolen material of different colors (adj. ______).
  19. The station was very, very crowded (adj. ______) with cheering people.
  20. A large wagon pulled by horses (n. ______) waiting for her.
  21. People said that Nellie BIy had begun the Period of Time in History (n. ______) of Rapid Travel.
  22. And the fact that a young woman had made it, only (adv. ______) added to the feeling ofsurprise.
  23. And the fact that a young woman had made it, only added to the feeling of surprise (n. ______).