KET Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom for 64 years!. She ___________ her German cousin, Prince Albert.

• wedding

• decorated

• married

• marriage

When Albert died in 1861, Victoria wore black clothes for the _______ of her life.

• last

• rest

• end

• finish

But she didn’t like black __________.When she died everything was decorated in purple.

• died

• dead

• deaths

• funerals

Victoria was very popular with the British. In 1887 there were big street parties for her. ______ everywhere said, ’50 years our Queen’.

• Signs

• Tables

• Boards

• Letters

In the Victorian age Britain had a ______ Empire – with land in Africa, India, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

• small

• pretty

• large

• tiny

The railway system dates _______ that time.

• of

• in

• at

• from

Over half of the world’s ______ were transported to Britain by ships.

• things

• presents

• goods

• people

Victorians also ____________ lots of technology such as electricity, the car, and the radio.

• thought

• invented

• made

• did

Yet, millions had difficult lives and ________ high death rate

• died

• hurt

• cried

• suffered

Children as young as 6-7 years old worked in _______ and mines.

• factories

• fabrics

• fractions

• fiction