Feb 24, 2011 italian question

here is a question that use l'imperfetto indicativo to complete the sentence and i did it as you see,but i donàt know am i right and how to translate this sentence,please help me.thanks.
Queste case una volta non . . c'erano. . . . . (esserci). La strada . passava. .. .(passare) in mezzo ai prati e mio zio laggiù . . . . . . aveva. . . . . . (avere) un orto.

The sentences are correct

These house there weren't at the previous time
The route went across in the middle of grass and my uncle had a garden there