6 Choose the correct words to complete the
Schools in the 19th century was /were/ wasn't very
different from today. Of course, they couldn't/ wasn't/
weren't full of computers like they are today. Probably the
most important 'gadget' for a 19th century school child
3was/ were / wasn't a slate - a blackboard the children
4were / weren't / could write on.
It was/ could / were impossible for some children to go
to school. Why? Money. Poor families weren't / couldn't /
wasn't send their children to school. Instead these poor
children weren't/ were / could workers in factories,
on farms or in rich people's houses. or prizeobs a
But it could / wasn't/ couldn't all bad for poor children.
Some of them 'could / was/ were go to 'Dame schools'.
These 10 were / wasn't/ was schools in people's houses.
There was usually one teacher, often a woman. It
11 couldn't/ were / wasn't easy for the teacher - her
house 12 wasn't/ couldn't/ was full of noisy children!
She 13 was/ couldn't/ wasn't teach them a lot of things,
maybe only the alphabet and some numbers.
Life 14 couldn't / could / was different for rich children.
Some children 15was / were / wasn't at boarding schools.
Others 16 could / wasn't/ were have their lessons at
home with a tutor.