Unit 18: Would and used to: Past habits and repeated actions

Complete gap 1. 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.