Complete the sentences using the verb in brackets with the correct form of


used to or would. If both used to and would are possible, use WOULD.


When I was a child we 1_______________ (live) in a cabin in the mountains.


Back then, we 2_______________ (not have) much money; that’s why


we 3_______________ (have) vegetables and chickens in our back garden.


Every day we 4_______________ (get up) very early and my


father 5_______________ (take) some eggs for breakfast.


The weather in summer 6_______________ (be) really nice. There was a lake


near the house; we 7_______________ (go) there to have a swim every morning.


Later, in the afternoon my brothers and I 8_______________ (go) fishing, and in


the evening my mother 9_______________ (cook) whatever we had caught. It


was fantastic!


Winters 10_______________ (be) rather cold. Every morning


I 11_______________ (go) to the woods to look for firewood;


there 12_______________ (be) a little fireplace in the house to keep us warm. In


the evenings, my father 13_______________ (tell) us incredible stories next to


that fireplace, and we 14_______________ (listen), full of admiration.


We were poor, but we 15_______________ (be) happy​