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1. | In the 18th century, when a large number of new factories opened, there were enough workers. There weren't enough workers. | | |
2. | Factory owners took children from workhouses and orphanages. | | |
3. | These poor children had to stay with their factory owner until they were 15. They had to stay with their factory owner until they were 21. | | |
4. | Poor families took it for granted that their children had to work. | | |
5. | All children worked hard in the 18th and 19th centuries. Not all children worked hard in the 18th and 19th centuries, but most of them did. | | |
6. | Children didn’t have to work long hours. They only worked 3 hours a day. Children had to work long hours. They worked 16 hours a day. | | |
7. | Children usually started work at the age of 5. | | |
8. | Children didn’t work in coalmines, they only worked in textile factories. Children worked in coalmines, too. | | |
9. | Charles Dickens’ childhood was difficult and not very happy. | | |
10. | Dickens had to work in a factory when he was eight. Dickens had to work in a factory when he was ten. | | |
11. | Dickens wrote about happy children and rich people in his novels. Dickens wrote about unhappy children and poor people in his novels. | | |
12. | John Birley had to work long hours. | | |
13. | John didn’t have to work on Sundays. He had to clean the machinery on Sundays. | | |
14. | If children were late for work, they weren’t punished. If children were late for work, they were severely punished. | | |
15. | Overseers were very kind and the children weren’t afraid of them. Overseers were very strict and the children were afraid of them. | | |
16. | John’s childhood was very unhappy. | | |
17. | In many countries in the world children still have to work hard. | | |