Question

As children, we _____ play a lot when we were younger.

Answer 1

Answer:

As children, we would/used to play a lot when we were younger.

Explanation:

Modal 'would' is used to talk about things or actions that often happened in the past.

'Used to' can also be used i the blank as it has similar meaning here.

Either 'would' or 'used to' an be used in the blank.

Answer 2

Answer:

As children we  did play a lot when we were younger

Explanation:

• The above sentence requires a verb to be complete.
• The verb did, fits the space since it is an auxiliary verb used to indicate the time when the playing took place.
• Hence it makes the statement a past continuous tense since they used to do it when they were younger.