Water, water everywhere

The thing I remember most about my childhood was my visits to my aunt Charlotte in her lovely country house. She (1) (be) used to be / was a remarkable woman by any standards. She (2) (be) really skilled at water-divining and she (3) (find) water on the most unpromising bits of land. The farmers (4) (love) her, especially as she (5) (never accept) money for water-divining. “Water (6) (always find) its own level” she (7) (say) and “I know exactly where that level is.” “Water-divining is a gift from God and you don't accept payment for that.” She had a gift for noticing changes in the weather, too. “It’s going to rain soon,” she (8) (say). “I can feel it in my bones,” and she (9) (always be) right! In her later years, she developed a bad back and (10) (often visit) her osteopath. She (11) (never tired) of telling us that her osteopath (12) (say) as he massaged her painful back. “It’s going to rain, Charlotte, I can feel it in your bones!”

5. Fill in the blanks with the modal verbs shall/will or should/would.

1) Can you walk as far as the car or shall I bring it round?

2) I … not come down with you. I … go home.

3) If I’ve got him, they can’t take him. He … not go. I … not let him.

4) You’ve asked for my opinion and by God you … have it.

5) No harm … be done to your child. I … see to it.

6) If you … not take any steps you … never got rid of the malady.

7) When he grew blind he … sit hour after hour in those two rooms that he had painted, looking at his works with sightless eyes.

8) I let the young man to go where he … with my box and money.

9) My aunt … not hear of staying to dinner, lest she … by any chance fail to arrive at home.