Communities: Past and Present
Long, long ago, communities were smaller than they are now. People knew each other well and helped each other out. They would travel on horses or by walking, as there were no cars or buses. Children back then didn't have video games or cartoons. Instead, they would play outside, make toys from what they found, and had chores to do at home. Now, we have cars for traveling, phones for talking to people far away, and machines that help us do work faster. Children have more time for school and play because machines do some chores. But even though things have changed a lot, some things remain the same. In both past and present, communities are about people helping each other and sharing good times together.
Question 1
In the past, how did people usually travel?
By cars
By airplanes
By buses
On horses or by walking
Explanation. In the story, it mentions that people used to travel on horses or by walking.
By trains
Question 2
What is one thing children in the past and present have in common?
They both play video games
They both have chores to do at home
Explanation. The story mentions that children both in the past and present have chores to do at home.
They both travels in cars
They both use phones
They both watch cartoons
Question 3
What didn't children in the past have that children have now?
Video games
Explanation. The story mentions that children in the past didn't have video games, unlike children nowadays.
Horses
Homemade toys
Chores
Large communities
Question 4
What is the 'central idea' of the changes in communities?
Technology has taken over
People don't help each other anymore
Communities have grown larger
Traveling has become easier
Despite changes, communities are still about people helping and sharing good times
Explanation. At the end of the content, it states that regardless of the changes, communities are about people helping each other and sharing good times together.
Question 5
True or False: In the past, all work was done by machines.
True
False
Explanation. The story mentions that in the past, people didn't have machines to help with work, unlike today.
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