10th form "Housework and History" Reading / Grammar

1. If you stop to think about it, the history of housework is the history of everything. Housework _____ an amazing amount in only the last hundred years or so.

2. The _____ of electricity was very important.

3. It led to the ______ of the washing machine, the vacuum cleaner, the dishwasher and so on.

4. Housework was ____ without them fifty years ago.

5. It's not just technology, that's different - these days, most husbands ____ by their wives to share the housework.

6. Overall, then, we can see a great ______ in relation to housework, especially for women - although the environmental cost of modern housework is high.