B. If false, why is it false?

You have now completed Part A of this exercise. Some of the sentences were false. Find out why with the explanations below:

3. She lived with her family in Perthshire, Scotland, and later in the Lake District.
False – She and her family lived in South Kensington, England, but spent the summer in these places.

4. She wrote a lot of books about mycology, which is the scientific study of fungi.
False – She studied mycology and did drawings and paintings of many fungi. Some of them are included in the 1967 book Wayside & Woodland Fungi.

5. She started making money from her illustrations when she was in her teenage years.
False – She started making money from her illustrations in the 1890s, so when she was at least in her twenties.

9. She died at the age of 77 at Hill Top Farm, which is now a major tourist attraction.
False – She died at another property she owned, called Castle Cottage.

10. You can read a book about the life of Beatrix Potter called Miss Potter.
False – Miss Potter is a film, not a book, about the life of Beatrix Potter.