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Question
Listen carefully and write each word in the appropriate column/columns.
| ancient | modern | futuristic |
| bicycles | bullet trains | school |
| wheels | robots | flying cars |
| bullock carts | horse-drawn carriages | tonga |
| tar roads | spaceships | homework |
| ships | television | aeroplanes |
| computers | windmills | cameras |
| floppy disks | earthmovers | axes |
| audio/video cassettes | brushes | mortar and pestle |
| telephone | mobile phones | hot air balloons |
| books | notebooks | headphones |
| vacuum cleaners | ball pens | tests |
| umbrellas | water on tap | solar lamps |
| electric lamps | candles | earthen stoves |
| air conditioners | grammar | fans |
| microbiology | geography |
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Solution
| ancient | modern | futuristic |
| axes | aeroplanes | aeroplanes |
| bullock carts |
air conditioners |
air conditioners |
| earthen stoves | audio / video cassettes | bullet trains |
| geography | ball pens | cameras |
| grammar | bicycles | computers |
| homework | books | earthmovers |
| horse-drawn carriages | brushes | electric lamps |
| mortar and pestle | bullet trains | floppy/disks |
| school | cameras | flying cars |
| tests | candles | geography |
| tonga | computers | grammar |
| umbrellas | earthmovers | headphones |
| wheels | electric lamps | homework |
| fans | microbiology | |
| floppy disk | mobile phones | |
| geography | robots | |
| grammar | solar lamps | |
| headphones | spaceships | |
| homework | television | |
| hot air balloons | tests | |
| microbiology | umbrella | |
| mobile phones | vacuum cleaners | |
| notebooks | ||
| robots | ||
| school | ||
| solar lamps | ||
| spaceships | ||
| telephone | ||
| television | ||
| tests | ||
| umbrellas | ||
| vacuum cleaners | ||
| water on tap | ||
| windmills |
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| 2. | 2. | ||
| 3. | 3. | ||
| 4. | 4. | ||
| 5. | 5. | ||
