Past tenses

I ...... born 60 years ago .

used to be

was

My childhood ... not the best but not the worst .

didn´t

I ...in America.

lived

used to live

My dead was very strict and he ...to church a lot

He ...me to go to church with him every Sunday .
I

My mum ...me:“You must always be a good boy!“

told

used to tell

I ... Sundays and I still do.

used to hate

hated

While my friends... football, I was walking slowly back
home from the

When I ... 16, I started rebelling.

used to turn

turned

One Sunday I even ... away from home.

used to run

ran

I ... in the street.

lived

used to live

One evening I ...Kate. She was 4 years older than me.

used

We... a week after we met.

used to
get married

got married

When my parents ... about it, they were furious.
used to learn

learnt

Kate had a small cafeteria where we both ... until we

We ... in the evenings and we both loved nature.

didn´t use

We ...Kate´s cafeteria and bought a nice, cosy house
on the

When you live in a house, there´s always a lot of

Soon I ...my own building company, bought a land and
started to

When my son ... ,we were the happiest family
in the world.

used

As my company was doing well, we ...a lot together.

travelled

used to

I ... with my parents and they came to see us

I ...even harder at that time to build a bigger house

I needed a special kind of stone which couldn´t
be found in

I ... my best friend´s ship every time
when I went

However, his ship ... big enough. So I had to hire

I found the stone but on the way back, there... a

I have been living on this island since then. I ...

You may ask why I don´t sleep in the lighthouse. Well,
once

I don´t know anything about my family.
I still remember how

Well, now you know my life story. I hope to leave

When we speak about a past and repeated activity
( or state)
that