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The Great stink

The Great Stink - Reading Comprehension

MASTER - Make a Copy!

LI: Using the text to guide you and by making connections from your prior knowledge answer the below questions.

1. For what will the year 1858 be remembered?

The great Stink or miasma.  

2. Find three words in the text that mean a bad smell.

Stench,stunk and stink.

3. Why would Walter Thompson think London might not survive if the 
4. the problem of the Great Stink was not fixed?

         Because of the deadly disease and stench(miasma or cholera)

4. Why had London Developed a problem with sewage?

        Because all the poos and wees were going in the river because there was no system to stop it.

         

5. After Bazalgette’s plan was put into action, how did the river become cleaner?

        Because when people had started to take action to clean the river it had become more cleaner and cleaner each day.

6.  Why was a newspaper article an effective way to communicate with the people of London?

Because it was the only thing that could entertain them for a while since there was no technology back then.

7.  What is done in some areas today to assist in reducing the amount of waste material from sewage?

Rather than using plastic people make reusable stuff so that there will be less garbage in the landfills and no rubbish is going to the sea.

Milk cartons D. L. O

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