Today, people like to send postcards to their friends and family. These postcards often(1) _____ pictures of beaches, mountains or castles on them and you (2) _____write a message on the back. Many people send postcards when they are on holiday because postcards are cheap and the pictures on them are often (3) _____ than people’s own photos. Somebody sent the first postcard (4) ____ the end of nineteenth century. It had a picture of a town by the sea on it. Later on, postcards had pictures showing something in the news that week, perhaps an accident (5) ____ an important person’s visit. People liked to see them (6)____they did not have pictures in their newspaper then.

These postcards often(1) _____ pictures of beaches,