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WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE BEFORE THE INTERNET?

• If you wanted to keep in touch with friends, you (1) just visit a social networking site. You (2) phone or talk to friends face to face.
• If you (3) to sell something like a bike, you were (4) put an advert in a local newspaper. These days you (5) to reach thousands of potential buyers through sites such as OLX or eBay.
• Online encyclopedias didn’t exist. As a student, once I only (6) find information for an assignment by spending two days in the library.
• Music came from shops in the form of CDs. Nowadays it (7) be downloaded online. Obviously a good thing? Well, you (8) pay for it but many people download illegally.
• Before life online, as a kid I was (9) to write long thankyou letters for birthday presents instead of (10) send a quick email. My parents were really strict. I (11) to play with any new toys until I’d written to everyone.
• You used to go to friends’ homes to watch their holiday videos. Thankfully, you (12) do this anymore. A quick look on a video sharing site is enough.

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