Children in Victorian Times

Работа с текстом Children in Victorian Times

Task 1. Look at the new words of the text. Write them into your copybook.

Task 2. Fill in the gaps with the new words

1. Many children worked as ________.

2. A child whose parents are dead is an _____.

3. _________ is an historic industrial complex where the cotton was made.

4. I can ___ your bike without any problems.

5. There is a common and fine ______that runs through the fabric of all civilizations.

6. Why are you making those ____ sounds?

7. My dad can drive a ____.

8. The dog saved its _____'s life.

9. Put some ____ on the fire.

10. You should act like an ____.

Task 3. Match a word with its definition:

1. chimney sweep (n)

2. orphan (n)

3. cotton factory (n)

4. cotton thread (n)

5. fix (v)

6. truck (n)

7. coal (n)

8. tunnel (n)

9. master (n)

10. cruel (adj)

11. adult (adj)

a) a hard black material used as fuel

b) to repair

c) mean and hurtful

d) a child who doesn’t have parents

e) an owner or a boss

f) a long narrow passage under the ground

g) a person who cleans chimneys

h) a person over the age of 18

i) a place where cotton is used to make material

j) a vehicle on wheels used to transport heavy things

k) a long thin string of cotton

Task 4. Do ex.3 page 33

Task 5. Do ex.4 page 33

Task 6. Answer the questions

1 Why did children work?

2 What jobs did children do?

3 How long was Victoria the Queen?

4 What wages did children get?

5 What did children do when cotton threads broke?

6 What did Lord Shuftesbury help to do?