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GRAMMAR 1     3    Write. Complete the chart. Write what is true today.

                    Then share with a partner.
 Contrast with but and instead TR: 3.4
                                                           Long ago, people had fireplaces. Today
 Long ago, children walked to school, but today many children ride their bikes.
 Many years ago people didn’t have TV. They told stories instead.  some people have fireplaces, too.



 1  Complete the sentences.  Long Ago                                   Today



 1.  Long ago mothers and daughters sewed clothes at home. Today we   People had fireplaces.  We have fireplaces.

 buy clothes in stores    .
                People made their own soap.         We buy soap in a store.

 2. Many years ago people couldn’t play video games,


  they played some fun board games.  People walked everywhere.


 3. Long ago people didn’t have computers. They wrote
                People played board games.

 letters    .

                People read by candlelight.
 4. Many years ago people didn’t have cars,       www.english0905.com


 some people had horses.  People sewed their own
                clothes.

 2  Read and write. Complete the dialogue.


 Grandma:   Years ago we didn’t have cell phones,
               4    Talk. Work in a group. Talk about your life and an older
  . (but / a big red telephone)
                    family member's life. How are they different?

 Ella:  That’s cool. Did you play video games?
                                                                     My grandmother washed clothes by hand,
                                                                     but I use a washing machine instead!
 Grandma:   No. We    . (play with toys /
 instead) I liked to play with my dolls.




 Ella:   I don’t have any dolls,    .
 (but / a lot of puppets) Do you want to see my puppet theater? Or do you want


 to    ? (play a board game / instead)


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