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Talk to a girl
Before: If you liked a girl a lot, there weren't many options: you had to take courage and start talking to her, slowly approaching, even talking to friends first so they could help you.
Now: You add it on Facebook, I send you a message (present simple), if you answer you are inside the game, but if it leaves you in sight, you know it's time to look at someone else. -
Go out and play with friends
Before: You went out and passed house by house so your friends would go out. The most common was to play a sport (almost always soccer) or a game (marbles, hide, bike, skateboard), spend hours playing until your mom went for you to get you into your home.
Now: Children now send a message or whatsapp to play all day with the video game console, if there is luck they take off a few minutes just to eat. I play with my friends with the cell phone instead of going out to play (present simple) -
Details with the bride / groom
Before: Love letters written with handwriting, flowers, serenades, surprises everywhere, first of all to conquer it and then have something intimate.
Now: Romantic message by whatsapp, first have something intimate and then continue dating and most importantly, they are end up putting the relationship on facebook (present progressive). -
Have a mobile phone
Before: If you were 10 to 15 years old, it was quite strange to have one, if so you were the feeling, everything wanted to see it and play with it, i have not had a cell phone like before (present perfect).
Now: Children tantrum if they don't have one, not even an ugly one, they demand to have an Iphone or someone else that meets what they want, it must have Store, obviously. -
Read the news of the day
Before: It was very common for your dad to go to the newsstand to buy some, in the same case magazines or whatever it was to read. they could be taking a long time to know the news (progressive present)
Now: It is well known that today's newspapers invest a large percentage of money in their online version. Today, most people look for the news on Google, or in the online version of the newspaper of our liking. -
The music
Before: It was very common to go to buy the CD of our choice (I do not say that it is not yet), and some hustlers began using Ares or Limewire to download our favorite songs.
Now: We have a wide variety to download songs, complete albums and even videos through mobile devices, from free mp3 applications, to the famous iTunes. I have used applications to download music (present perfect) -
Copy to an exam
Before: They have been several options to copy the exam (present perfect continuous). You had to engineer the best of the accordions, make small cutlets, make small copies of the text, paste the answers in the pen or on the typex or just sit next to the smartest in the class.
Now: If two groups take the same exam, it is very common for anyone who touches them first, to take a photo of the exam and send it by whatsapp right away. Even for copying, just take pictures of the notes. -
Have a coffee with friends
Before: The main thing was to enjoy the conversation, have a coffee, listen and be heard, truly love that friendship.
Now: There is also talk, but that is not the main purpose, basically both people have their cell phone in their hand all the time, it is even legal to take a photo of the coffee or a selfie to show that they are in a place. I have been on my cell phone all the time when I go out with my friends (present perfect continuous) -
Read a book
Before: It was bought directly at the bookstore, taken out of the library or borrowed from a friend.
Now: They are downloaded in PDF version, read on cell phones or computers, although they are still purchased in libraries. I wanted to read in the library (past simple) -
Go out somewhere
Before: He went out, wanted to dance (past simple), and enjoyed himself, finally.
Now: It has to be said by all the social networks that you are in the best restaurant or shopping, even this is very rare, since through the networks you can show a face to everyone and in person be someone totally different.
