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Question
Discuss in groups pairs and make a list of the weapons used in the old times and in the present times.
| Weapons used in the past |
Weapons used nowadays |
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Solution
| Weapons used in the past |
Weapons used nowadays |
| stones | missiles |
| bow and arrows | hand grenades |
| spears | bombs |
| swords | guns |
| tridents | tanks |
| catapults | rifles |
| axes, etc. | nuclear weapons, etc. |
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| 1. | as easy as ____________ | a. | like sheep |
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| 3. | drive the soldiers ____________ | c. | a bit of a miracle |
| 4. | The Dauphin is ____________ | d. | as she is |
| 5. | Joan of Arc is ____________ | e. | the steward |
| f. | chasing a cow |
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