2 Read the text and decide if the information in the statements is T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn't say).

Analysis of Statements:

• 1. All the toys of today are mechanical. - F (The text mentions toys that move at the touch of a button and aeroplanes that fly, but doesn't claim ALL toys are mechanical. It also talks about dolls and toy kitchens in the past, implying not all toys were mechanical then either.)
• 2. Children learn through play. - T (The text states, "Toys of this kind helped children learn while playing.")
• 3. Girls never played with rocking horses. - F (The text states, "Both boys and girls, though, loved their rocking horses...")
• 4. Boys wanted to become engineers when they grew up. - DS (The text says tool kits, trains, cars, trucks and garages gave boys an "interest in engineering", but it doesn't explicitly state their career aspirations.)
• 5. Children from poor families didn't have any toys. - F (The text states, "Things for children from poor families were different. They played mostly on the street and they didn't have money to buy new dolls or toy cars. They used mud, tin caps, old clothes and their imagination to make their own toys.")

Answers: 1-F, 2-T, 3-F, 4-DS, 5-F