Before phones were mobile, they had

cords which were plugged into the

wall.

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phones.
Before digital cameras, there were
polaroid cameras which created an
instant photograph.

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we………………………
VHS cassettes were used for watching
movies on your TV with a VHS
(Video Home System) player called a
VCR (Video Cassette Recording).
There were many rental shops to rent
movies, or you could record your
favorite TV shows from the TV.
These days DVD players have
replaced them.

In the past, people used to watch movies on TV with a

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VHS player called a VCR. They used to rent movies or
used to rent ………………or record …………….
record their favorite shows from the TV.
We don’t any longer. Nowadays, we…………………
We don’t any longer. Nowadays, we use DVD players.
Music cassettes which inside have a
ribbon of magnetic tape were mostly
used in cars up until the mid-1990s,
and before that in the 1980’s with
Walkmans and at home. You could
buy them with music on them, or buy
ones and record your own music onto
them. These have been replaced by
MP3s and CDs.

Up until the mid-1990s, people used to listen to music with

Up until the mid-1990s, people ………. listen to
cassettes in cars or with their walkmans or at home. They
…………….in cars or with ……………. or at ……….. They
used to record their own music onto them.
............ record their own…………………...
We don’t any longer. Today, we use a MP3 player or
We don’t any longer. Today, we use ………………...
CDs.
In the 1980s many people had a
Walkman. You could listen to a store
bought cassette on it or make your own
cassette ‘mix’ from the radio or from
another cassette. These days we use
MP3 players or smart phones. 30 years
ago people were very excited when
they could first walk along and listen to
their favorite music.
.

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the1980s,
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or smart phones.
Before fountain pens/ cartridge pens and pencils,
we used a special pen nib which we dipped into
inkpots. We didn’t have ink cartridges. People
dipped their pen nibs into inkwells.
pen nibs

a fountain/ ink cartridges

cartridge pen

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 The floppy disk was a way of storing
and moving computer data. They were
very unreliable and could not hold
much data. These days they have been
replaced with USB sticks and DVDs.

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people to store store
and move computer
and move
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 The Morse code
The telegraph was
developed in about 1837
and was used from the
1850s for at least one
hundred years. This
technology has been
replaced by email and the
internet, and before that by
the FAX (sort for facsimile)
machine.

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longtime
time ago,
ago, people
people used
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the 90s, 90s,have
we have
been been
using
using……………………… instead.
the internet and the email instead.
Early TVs could not show color, and it
was not until 1954 that the first color
TVs were introduced. They were very
expensive, so most people really did
not have color TVs until the 1970s. We
now have large LCD (liquid crystal
display) TVs which are much larger
and have a clearer picture.

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Back inin
thethe day,
day, people
people didn’t use to have
………………… TVs
have TVswith
with
colors. The
……... The TVs
TVs ……….
used to show black and white pictures.
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Until
the the 1970s,
1970s, color…………..
color TVs TVs used tobe be very
very expensivemost
……….and and
most people
people couldn’t
couldn’t afford
afford them.
them.
We don’t use black and white TVs anymore. Since the
2000s,we
2000s, we………………….
have been using LCDLCDTVsTVswith
withmuch
muchlarger
larger
and clearer pictures instead.
Typewriters were invented in the 1830s
and were used up until the 1980s, when
they were replaced by computers.
Many journalists and writers used
them, but they are not as convenient as
computers.

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Backininthe
theday,
day,journalists
…………and and………….
writers usedused
to type
to type
their
their
articles
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andand
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on typewriters.
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that
that
anymore.
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Since
thethe
1980s,
1980s,
they
they
have
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been using computers
computers
instead.
………...
Dating from around 1890 Vinyl records have
tiny grooves and a needle on the record player
reads the music. Vinyl records are still used
today. Many DJs and music lovers still prefer
their sound to a CD or a MP3. Vinyl records grooves
come in three common sizes and have three a needle
possible speeds.

a Vinyl record

Around 1890, people put Vinyl records on record players. a record player
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andmusic
musiclovers
lovers……………….
still use them nowadays.
nowadays.
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Since1890,
1890,some
somepeople
people…………………..
have been using Vinyl
Vinylrecords.
records.
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Others
have
…………………..
been listening to
music
musiconon
CDs
CDs
or or
MP3MP3
……………...
instead.
Before we bought milk in plastic
bottles, milk was delivered to the house
in a glass bottle.

A long
A long
time time
ago, ago,
people
people
didn’t
………………..
use to drink milk
drink
from a
……….from
plastic bottle.
…………….
The milkman
The used
milkman
to deliver
………… the glass
deliver
………………………………...
bottles to people’s houses.
We no longer drink milk from a glass bottle. Since the
1960’s,
1960’s,we
wehave
havebeen
beenusing
usingplastic
…………… bottlesinstead.
instead.