Grammar / B1+ Grammar lessons and exercises / Would and used to: Past habits and repeated actions
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, and 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.