The world has changed since the Middle Ages. Look at these sentences about the world now, and then write the verb in the past tense for the sentences about what life was like then.

NOW THEN          1. Today we know the world is round. Then they the world was flat. 2. Today we get the news from a newspaper. Then they the news from the town crier. 3. Today we have TV and films. Then they only theatre. 4. Today cars speed at 100 m.p.h. Then horses at 25 m.p.h. 5. Today we write on paper. Then they on parchment. 6. Today we learn English. Then they Latin. 7. Today we fight with tanks and bombers. Then they with swords and spears. 8. Today we shoot bullets from guns. Then they arrows from bows. Next