I. Read the sentences about Ernest Hamwi, the possible inventor of the ice cream cone. Label the first event 1, and the second event 2.
1. Until Ernest Hamwi invented the ice cream cone (2), most people ate ice cream in a
dish (1).
2. Hamwi was a waffle seller at the 1904 World’s Fair when he invented the ice cream
cone.
3. When an ice-cream seller at the fair ran out of dishes, Hamwi rolled up a waffle.
4. The warm waffle turned hard when Hamwi filled it with ice cream.
5. As soon as they saw Hamwi’s cones, all the other ice cream sellers started using them.
6. Before Hamwi started an ice cream cone business, he returned from the fair.
7. After Hamwi’sstory became popular, many people said that they invented the ice cream
cone.
8. Another man, Italo Marchiony, invented an edible ice cream cup before Hamwi
invented his cone.