Say how things happened some time ago and how they happen now.
1 travel on horseback/ travel bu car,train or bus
2 was things bu hand/ was things in washing machines
3 write letters/send e-mails
4 write books bu 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