Activity Worksheet 3.

A Long Time Ago and Today

1 Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions. Ask your partner
about his or her family life today and a long time ago. Complete the
Venn diagram.

buy food from the town market play board games

do the housework play computer games
have three meals every day sew clothes
have electric lights tell stories
light a fire use a mobile phone
make soap use the telephone

Did people in your family do the housework a

long time ago? Do they do the housework today?

A long time ago, my family did the

housework. They do it today, too.

So, ‘do the housework’ goes in the middle.

My friend’s family

A long time ago Both Today

do the housework

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 2 Work in a small group. Look at the activities in the centre of
your Venn diagrams. How are they different today? Talk and use
these words.

difficult modern old-fashioned for work

expensive important for fun machines

We do the housework, but it’s different today.

We’ve got modern machines to help us do the housework today. A long

time ago, housework was more difficult, because people had to do it by
hand. Now, it’s easier.

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