Question

Read the text again and write true and false.
Correct the false sentences.
1) The first railway tracks were in the south of England.
2)Trains became too heavy for wooden tracks.
3)Matthew Murray's steam engine blew up.
4)George Stephenson called his passenger carriage the "Experience".
5)It was easy to go up hills with steam engines.​

Answer 1

1. The first railway tracks were in the south of England. - FALSE

The first railway tracks were in the South of Wales.

2. Trains became too heavy for wooden tracks. - TRUE

3. Matthew Murray's steam engine blew up. - TRUE

4. George Stephenson called his passenger carriage the 'Experience'. - He called it 'The experment'.

5. It was easy to go up hills with steam

engines.​ - FALSE

Early steam engines were heavy, so they used a lot of power going up hills.