Part E: Circle the correct answer.
       When we (1) were moving / had moved / moved to our new house near the sea, I was eight years old. Even before that I (2) was spending / had spent / was to spend every summer messing about on boats. My dad (3) was taught / had taught / had been teaching me to sail before I learnt to ride a bike so I knew how I wanted to spend my time at the new house – I (4) was going to / am going to / had gone to get my own boat and sail it every day. The house was only a few metres from the water's edge, and in rough weather the waves (5) were coming / would come / come crashing into our front garden. I (6) was sitting / had sat / used to sit with my nose pressed to the glass, fascinated by the power of the ocean. I (7) grew / have grown / have been growing up watching the skies to see if it (8) was going to rain / is raining / rained; would I be going sailing that afternoon or not?
       Of course, I sometimes wished we could live in the town like my friends. I (9) was to get / have been getting / used to get very irritated with my parents, who (10) had taken / had been taken / have taken early retirement because they (11) had seemed / seemed / would seem incapable of getting anywhere on time. Dad drove me the eight miles to school every day, but I was often late because he (12) have been walking / had been walking / was going to walk on the cliffs earlier in the morning and (13) was losing / had lost / lose track of time. When I (14) was taken / was taking / had been taking my university entrance exams, I (15) used to stay / had stayed / had been staying over at a friend's in town, just in case. All in all, I was lucky to grow up by the sea and I still love to sail.