Now read the sentences and choose the correct words in italics. Examples will help you. 1 I travelled / did travel a lot when I was younger.

2 We have worked / worked in Venice from 2006 to 2008.

3 We visited a lot of museums while we stayed / were staying in Beijing.

4 They were having / had dinner when the police knocked on the door.

5 Fiona was working at Harrods when / while she met her husband.

6 People used to travel / used to traveling by ship a lot in those days.

7 When Simon was at college, he had / would sleep late every day.

8 I didn't want to join you because I saw / had seen the film before.

9 We had beem using / been used the machine for days without any problems.

1. The correct word is "travelled". We use the past simple tense to talk about completed actions in the past, and "travelled" is the correct past simple form of the verb "travel".

2. The correct word is "worked". The sentence is talking about a specific time period in the past (from 2006 to 2008), so we use the past simple tense to talk about actions during that time.

3. The correct word is "were staying". The sentence is describing an ongoing action in the past (visiting museums) while the main action (staying in Beijing) was also happening. We use the past continuous tense to describe ongoing actions in the past.

4. The correct word is "were having". The sentence is describing an ongoing action in the past (having dinner) when another event (the police knocking on the door) interrupted it. We use the past continuous tense to describe ongoing actions in the past.

5. The correct word is "while". The sentence is describing an ongoing action in the past (working at Harrods) while another event (meeting her husband) happened. We use "while" to indicate two simultaneous actions in the past.

6. The correct words are "used to travel". The sentence is describing a past habit (people traveling by ship) that was common in the past but is no longer true. We use "used to + base form of the verb" to talk about past habits or states.

7. The correct word is "would". The sentence is talking about a repeated action in the past (sleeping late every day), so we use "would + base form of the verb" to describe past habits.

8. The correct word is "saw". The sentence is talking about a specific event in the past (seeing the film before), so we use the past simple tense.

9. The correct words are "had been using". The sentence is talking about an action that started in the past and continued until another point in the past (for days). We use the past perfect continuous tense to describe an ongoing action in the past that continued up to a specific time.