To build is to make a house, a road or a bridge. The past is built. To invent is to make something new that nobody had before.
Build and invent
Try it: Man: Is that a new bridge? Woman: Yes. They ___ it last summer. Choose what the woman says. (invented / built / broke) Answer: built — People build a bridge, so they built it.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
build
It took a year to build this road.
invent
Who invented the computer?
The past of a place
The history of a place is what happened there in the past. A century is 100 years.
Try it: Woman: Why do you love this old street? Man: Because of its ___. Every house has a story. Choose what the man says. (century / history / weather) Answer: history — Every house has a story from the past, so he loves its history.