VOCABULARY

A. Find the connections between the two parts and match.

PAST NOW

1. plough fields A. washing machine

2. fight with swords B. electricity
3. wear traditional clothes C. text messages
4. wash clothes by hands D. tractor
5. sew clothes E. car
6. drive a horse-drawn carriage F. trendy outfits
7. write letters G. modern guns
8. use gas lamps H. tailor

B. Complete the sentences with the words / phrases below.

extraordinary speechless wear traditional clothes write letters

relationship sibling toddler pass away

1. Judy’s grandfather didn’t _______________ last year. He died four years ago.
2. You are an amazing mother because your connection with your children is ______________ .
3. I don’t prefer modern ways of communication. That is why I still ______________ to stay in
touch with my friends.
4. Kelly has got a wonderful ______________ with her parents.
5. I think ______________ rivalry is an important problem for parents because they sometimes
do not know how to stop the competition between their children.
6. I was ______________ when I saw a huge dog in front of me.
7. Tracy doesn’t __________________ because she is interested in trendy outfits.
8. Fred can’t play outside on his own because he is only a ______________ .

GRAMMAR

A. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the simple past tense.

1. My great grandparents ________________ (not travel) by plane.

2. What _____________ people ___________ (use) to communicate 50 years ago?
3. Stella _____________ (write) over one hundred letters last year.
4. The little boy ___________ (keep) running in the park.
5. We _____________ (not graduate) from university in 2020.
6. People _____________ (wash) clothes by hand in the past.
7. Her daughter ____________ (wear) a long traditional dress at the party.
8. The war between the two countries ____________ (begin) in 1252.

B. Correct the mistake in each sentence.

 1. Did your teacher gave you lots of homework last week? ___________
2. I didn’t keeping in touch with Kate for two years. ___________
3. Julia was twelve years old when her family moved to Berlin twenty years before.
___________
4. My father travelled to different countries next year. ___________
5. My journey to Africa taked twelve hours. ___________
6. Marta went to bed late because she sew lots of clothes. ___________
7. What did your grandmother pass away? In 2010 or 2011? ___________
8. Jessica wasn’t attend a wedding ceremony yesterday. ___________

LISTENING

Listen and circle the correct options.

1. Peggy went to Africa last year / two years ago.

2. She travelled with one of her close relatives / teachers.
3. They stayed in a village for two weeks/ months.
4. The villagers didn’t have electricity / gas lamps.
5. Peggy and her uncle handwashed their clothes / used modern tools in the village.
6. Peggy learnt many important things / didn’t like the people in the village.

READING

I’m Dora. Life is very different now. When I look back on the past, I can see that things change very
quickly. I was born and grew up in a small village. My childhood passed without technology. There
wasn’t electricity, so we needed to try very hard to survive. I still remember my first day at school.
Our village didn’t have a school, so my parents took me to one of the primary schools in the town.
We didn’t have a car or a horse-drawn carriage to travel. We walked eight kilometres every weekday
to get to school. I wasn’t the only one in this situation. All children in our village were the same. At
that time, everything seemed normal. As kids we were very strong and happy. I still cherish my
childhood memories. Doing my homework by the light of a gas lamp at night was fun for me. Now we
have electricity which is more useful. People use washing machines to wash their dirty clothes, they
watch television to entertain themselves and there are cars and school buses to go to work or school.

A. Read the text and complete the sentences.

1. Life was more _______________ in the past. It’s easier now.

2. Dora didn’t have technology during her _______________ .
3. She walked long distances to get to her ____________ .
 4. Dora used a _____________ to study when she was a child.
5. Dora thinks ____________ makes life easier in many ways.

B. Read the text again and circle T for True or F for False.

1. There weren’t any electronic devices during Dora’s childhood. T/F

2. She thought everything was so strange. T/F
3. She went to school on foot. T/F
4. She was a sad and depressed child. T/F
5. She still lives in hard conditions now. T/F

KEY

VOCABULARY

1. D
2. G
3. F
4. A
5. H
6. E
7. C
8. B

1. pass away
2. extraordinary
3. write letters
4. relationship
5. sibling
6. speechless
7. wear traditional clothes
8. toddler

GRAMMAR

1. didn’t travel
2. did / use
3. wrote
4. kept
 5. didn’t graduate
6. washed
7. wore
8. began

1. gave – give
2. keeping – kept
3. before – ago
4. next – last
5. taked – took
6. sew – sewed
7. What – When
8. wasn’t – didn’t

LISTENING

1. two years ago

2. relatives
3. months
4. electricity
5. handwashed their clothes
6. learnt many important things

READING

1. difficult
2. childhood
3. school
4. gas lamp
5. electricity

1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. F
LISTENING SCRIPT

Hello, I’m Peggy. We live in a modern world, but sadly many people still live in bad conditions in
different parts of the world. Two years ago, I travelled to Africa with my uncle for a project. We
stayed in a village for two months. The villagers didn’t use any modern devices or household
appliances because there wasn’t electricity. They used gas lamps and washed their clothes by hand.
My uncle and I did the same things. It was a great experience for both of us to learn how to survive
without technology. I made some friends in the village who taught me many valuable life lessons.
They were all very kind and hospitable. Now when I look back, I can understand how hard life was for
them. I want to work very hard to help people in need. A simple step can make a huge difference.