Answer:
The assignment doesn't have a word bank, so yes, you choose on your own.
I encourage you to use a translator so you can understand it better incase you cant read spanish.
Explanation:
yo - era
tú - eras
él/ella - era
nosotros - éramos
vosotros - erais
Ellos/Ellas - eran
I suggest using wordreference.com for any conjugating