Read and circle the correct word.
In the past, there (1) wasn't a shopping mall in my town. There (2) ______ small stores on every street, There (3) _____ a lot of restaurants. People usually (4) _____ at home. They (5) _____ in houses, because there weren’t any apartments. People often walked or they (6) _____ bicycles. Now they use electric bikes and buses to go shopping or to go to school.