General Understanding
Where is the family from?
They are from Ontario.
What are the parents’ names?
Blair and Morgan
What did people use to listen to music?
Cassette tapes.
Complete the sentence:
They ______ to the bank for money.
went
When did the family do the experiment?
In 2014
How many children did they have?
Two sons
What did people use to watch films?
Video cassettes.
Complete the sentence: They ______ an old telephone and ______ phone calls.
They had an old telephone and made phone calls.
How long did they live like it was 1986?
For one year
How old were the boys?
Five and three years old.
What did they use instead of the internet to find information?
Real books like dictionaries.
Make a negative sentence and a question in Past Simple:
They bought things in shops.
They didn't buy things in shops.
Did they buy things in shops?
Why did the family decide to live like in 1986?
Because their children spent too much time on screens and didn’t want to play outside
What did the boys usually do before the experiment?
They spent all day looking at screens inside the house.
What kind of cameras did they use?
Polaroid or film cameras.
Correct all the mistakes:
They didn’t went to the bank and didn’t made phone calls.
They didn’t go to the bank and didn’t make phone calls.
Why did they choose the year 1986 specifically?
Because both parents were born in 1986
What was the parents’ main concern about their children?
They were worried that their children didn’t want to play outside and used screens too much.
How did people get money and print photos in 1986?
They went to the bank for money and to shops to print photos
Rewrite the sentence using correct Past Simple:
They don’t go online and they don’t take photos with digital cameras.
They didn’t go online and they didn’t take photos with digital cameras.