Fill in: used to or would. i (2) get up every day at 7 o'clock and get ready for school. my mother (3) get uor 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 an office, but she stopped working last year and now she stays at home.
2) I (used to/would) get up every day at 7 o'clock and get ready for school.
Explanation: Since the speaker is talking about their past routine of waking up at 7 o'clock, we use "used to" to indicate a repeated action or habit in the past. Therefore, the correct answer is "used to."
3) My mother (used to/would) get our breakfast ready and then she (used to/would) walk to the bus stop with us and wait for the school bus to pick us up.
Explanation: Here, we also use "used to" because it describes the mother's past routine of preparing breakfast and walking to the bus stop with the speaker. Therefore, the correct choices are "used to" for both blanks.
4) The bus (used to/would) be on time.
Explanation: In this sentence, the speaker is talking about the regular occurrence of the bus being on time in the past. We use "used to" to express this habitual action. Thus, the correct answer is "used to."
6) We (used to/would) catch the bus home again.
Explanation: The speaker is describing the habit of catching the bus home in the past. To express this repeated action, we use "used to." Thus, the correct choice is "used to."
7) In the afternoon, we (used to/would) walk home alone because mother didn't pick us up.
Explanation: Here, the speaker is talking about walking home alone in the past when their mother didn't pick them up. Again, we use "used to" to indicate the repeated action or habit. Therefore, the correct answer is "used to."
8) She (used to/would) work in an office, but she stopped working last year, and now she stays at home.
Explanation: The speaker is discussing the mother's previous job in the office. Since it was a regular activity in the past, we use "used to" to describe the habit of working. Hence, the correct choice is "used to."
Overall, the filled-in paragraph would look like this:
"I used to get up every day at 7 o'clock and get ready for school. My mother used to get our breakfast ready, and then she used to walk to the bus stop with us and wait for the school bus to pick us up. The bus used to be on time. We stayed at school until 3.00 pm, and then we used to catch the bus home again. In the afternoon, we used to walk home alone because mother didn't pick us up. She used to work in an office, but she stopped working last year, and now she stays at home."