Упр.6 Юнит 1 Step 1 ГДЗ Rainbow English 8 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Афанасьева, Михеева 8 класс, Просвещение: 6 Say how things happened some time ago and how they happen now.
Example: light their streets and houses with gas/use electricity
Some time ago people used to light their streets and houses with gas but now they use electricity.
1) travel on horseback/travel by car, train or bus
2) wash things by hand/wash things in washing machines
3) write letters/send e-mails
4) write books by hand/print books
5) read more books/watch a lot of television
6) have big families with a lot of children/have smaller families
7) die early/live longer lives
8) walk upstairs and downstairs/use lifts
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Ответ

1. Some time ago people used to travel on horseback, but now they travel by car, train or bus.
2. Some time ago people used to wash things by hand, but now they wash things in washing machines.
3. Some time ago people used to write letters, but now they send e-mails.
4. Some time ago people used to write books by hand, but now they print books.
5. Some time ago people used to read more books, but now they watch a lot of television.
6. Some time ago people used to have big families with a lot of children, but now they have smaller families.
7. Some time ago people used to die early, but now they live longer lives.
8. Some time ago people used to walk upstairs and downstairs, but now they use lifts.