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Listening activity: Old times (There was/were)

Miss Lupita

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[0:01]Track 16. Listen to a conversation and answer the questions.

[0:09]Hey grandpa. Can you tell me about the past? Of course, my dear. Things were very different in the past. There wasn't any traffic on the roads. Also, communication was very difficult. There weren't any mobile phones. In fact, there was only one phone in town. Sending letters was more common back then, so there was a post office. Wow, I cannot imagine that. Yes, also back in the day, there wasn't any tourism in our town. There weren't any hotels, museums, nor cafes. Then what do you do for fun? Oh, I loved going to the fields. Also, I loved going fishing in the river. The river was so clean. There wasn't any pollution because there weren't any factories nearby. That sounds beautiful. The river got polluted. Now tell me, how do you meet grandma?

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