Inuit

The lives of the Inuit people of North America have changed a lot in thirty years. First, their name: people ⁽¹⁾ ____________________________ them Eskimos, but now they are called Inuits, which means “the people”.

• call

• are calling

• used to call

   They ⁽²⁾ _______________ in igloos in the winter but today, many of them live in houses in small towns.

Many of the people still ⁽⁴⁾ ________________________ seal-skin clothes today because they are very warm. Remember, the weather is extremely cold for many months of the year. An 85-year-old Inuit told us a little about her early life.

• are wearing

• used to wear

• wear

• wore

“Our winter igloos were very warm.

We ⁽⁵⁾ __________________________ inside so sometimes it got too hot.

“Our winter igloos were very warm. We ⁽⁵⁾ __________________________ inside so sometimes it got too hot.

• used to cook

• cooks

• are cooking

When I was a child I ⁽⁶⁾ _______________________ most of my clothes when I was in our igloo.

In the short summers we lived in seal-skin tents, but I ⁽⁷⁾ ________________________ as much time as possible playing outside”.

In the short summers we lived in seal-skin tents, but I ⁽⁷⁾ ________________________ as much time as possible playing outside”.

• spend

• was spending

• used to spend

To move over the snow, they ⁽⁸⁾ _________________________ special snowshoes on their feet, but today many Inuits drive snowmobiles.

To move over the snow, they _________________________ special snowshoes on their feet, but today many Inuits _________________________ snowmobiles.

• used to wear / used to drive

• used to wear / drive

• wear/ used to drive

• wear / drive