During the first half of the nineteenth century, more and more people were employed in factories working 14- or 15-hour days that left them little time for hobbies, sport or other form of (1) ………………and meant they weren’t able to (2) ……………. with friends. A key breakthrough in Britain came with the Ten Hour Act (1847), which limited the working day and ensured that workers got some (3) ………….. from their jobs. People now had at least some time to (4) ………………… from work at the end of the day and (5) ………………. themselves. Not everyone approved. Many members of the middle class hated the idea of the workers being (6) …………and believed that they would waste their time on (7) ………………….. matters instead of (8) …………. productive activities, such as education or going to church. The workers, however, found the new freedom (9) ……………… and threw themselves into new (10) ………………. with enthusiasm.
