Selecting Key Words and Ideas - Reading Work 1

Who was Price Albert married to?

According to the text, who invented the ‘day out'?

According to the writer, which two of these statements are true? Tick the correct answers.

• People travelled by train to get to the Great Exhibition.

• Only rich people used the railways.

• The Great Exhibition took place in London.

• Before 1844, all trains had third-class carriages.

Give two ways in which the Railways Act made sure more people (especially poorer people)

could use the railways.

List four things that the Victorians enjoyed at the seaside, according to the text.

Put the following events in chronological order by putting the numbers 1-5 in the boxes (1

being the earliest event, 5 being the latest).

• The Football League was founded.

• King's Cross Station was opened.

• The Railways Act was passed.

• Bank holidays were introduced.

• The first FA Cup Final was held.