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​