1. Fill in: used to, be used to, would or was going to.

Although my friend Tom has lived in the city for three years he still 1) ...isn't- used to... it. He 2)………………..

live in the country so he 3) living in a more peaceful environment. His first few days

in the city were so unpleasant that he 4) move straight back home, but he found a

job and decided to stay. That's when I met him. He 5) come into my office with the

coffee every morning and he 6) often stop and talk for a while about what his life

7) be like in the country. His family 8) has their own vegetable garden

and his mother 9) prepare wonderful meals. In autumn they 10)……………………..

go for long walks and they 11) collect wild mushrooms and fruit. Tom

made it sound so wonderful that, at one point last year, I 12) quit my job and leave town

forever. But I didn't. I 13) too the noise and excitement of the city to ever feel at

home in the country.

2. Fill in: used to or would.

I 1)..used to....live in a small house in the country when I was a little girl. I 2)..............get up every day at 7 o’clock and get ready for school. My mother 3)................get our breakfast ready and then she 4)................walk to the bus stop with us and wait for the school bus to pick us up. The bus 5)................be on time. We stayed at school until 3.00 pm and then we 6).....................

.....catch the bus home again. In the afternoon we 7)....................walk home alone because Mother didn’t pick us up. She 8)..................work in office, but she stopped working last year and now she stays at home.

3. Fill in : was going to, would or used to.

Last week I 1)...was going to... visit an old house where we 2)................ play as children, but I didn’t have the time, We 3)................go there every weekend and play cowboys and Indians.

We 4)..................love it! My friend 5)...................buy it and turn it into a hotel or so he 6)............

...........say, but of course he didn’t.