Childhood Memories

This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so make sure you complete all of them. Think about repeated actions and routines in the past and complete the sentences using 'would' where appropriate.

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Question 1

Back then, every summer, we _____ to my grandparents' farm in the countryside.

Options: would go, would went, would going

Question 2

In those days, whenever it rained, my brother and I _____ board games in the attic for hours.

Options: would to play, would be playing, would play

Question 3

My father _____ us stories about his childhood adventures every evening before bed.

Options: would always tell, would always telling, would always told

Question 4

Back then, we _____ all our free time in our treehouse.

Options: would have spent, would had, would spend

Question 5

During summer holidays, my cousins and I _____ up early and go fishing at the nearby lake.

Options: would waking, would wake, would woke

Question 6

When I was younger, I _____ my grandparents every weekend.

Options: would visit, visit, would visited

Question 7

In those days, my mother _____ the whole family together for dinner every Sunday without fail.

Options: would have gathered, would gathered, would gather

Question 8

Whenever we had a school break, my best friend and I _____ our bicycles to the park and stay there until sunset.

Options: would rode, would ride, would riding

Question 9

Back then, my older brother _____ me with my homework whenever I asked for help.

Options: would always help, would always helping, would always helped

Question 10

During winter breaks, we _____ hours building snowmen and having snowball fights in the backyard.

Options: would be spending, would spent, would spend

Question 11

When we were children, my parents _____ us go to bed early every night.

Options: would made, would make, would to make

Question 12

In those days, every Saturday morning my dad _____ us to the local swimming pool for lessons.

Options: would take, would took, would taken

Practise Childhood Memories with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 12 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get instant feedback on every choice.

Practising grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Childhood Memories in everyday English.

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