Ex. 2 complete the text by underlining the correct alternative. when i (1) had been/was six years old, our family (2) was moving/moved from a quiet country village in scotland to london. life (3) used to be/was suddenly very different for us all. now i (4) had been living/was living in a big city again, i often (5) was remembering/remembered the village and the things we (6) had done/were doing there. my annoying little brother (7) had always been playing/was always playing tricks on me. once, i (8) walked/was walking home from school, when i (9) felt/was feeling drops of water falling on my head. i (10) would look up/looked up and (11) was seeing/saw him sitting in a tree, slowly pouring water from a bottle. at school, almost every day in break time, he (12) used to sneak/was sneaking up behind me and stick chewing gum on my back! when i (13) sat/would sit down in class, i (14) wasn't understanding/couldn't understand why all the class (15) had laughed/ laughed at me. after school, we (16) didn't use to watch/weren't watching tv like most children nowadays, but instead, we (17) would play/had played with our pets, or run around our garden. life (18) was/would be much more fun then. when you lived in london, (19) did you used to travel/ did you use to travel) by bus? susan has changed a lot, she (20) used to look/ didn’t use to look like that.
1 was
2 moved
3 was suddenly
4 was living
5 remembered
6 had done
8 was walking
9 felt
10 looked up
11 saw
12 was sneaking
13 would sit
14 couldn’t understand
15 laughted
16 weren’t watching
17 would play
18 was
19 did you used to
20 didn’t use to