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4. What exactly ………………………. (you/do) when I ………………………. (come) into your office

yesterday?

5. While I ………………………. (try) to get my car started, a man ………………………. (offer) to help me

6. Although it rained a lot, I ………………………. (enjoy) my holiday last year

7. I ………………………. (phone) you yesterday but you ………………………. (not answer). What

………………………. (you/do)?

C. Below there is a short biography of Bill Gates. Complete the text using the verbs in the box

either in the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

be, be born, make, grow up, drop out, started (2), go, study, work, grow into, sell, meet

Bill Gates story ……………….. in 1955. He ……………….. in Seattle, where he ……………….. with his

parents and two sisters. His father ……………….. a lawyer and his mother a teacher. When he was

thirteen, he ……………….. to become interested in computers and the development of computer

software. In 1972 he ……………….. his first big profit of $4,200 when he ……………….. timetable

software to his school.

Bill Gates ……………….. to Harvard University and while he ……………….. there he started Microsoft.

It was obvious that the new business was going to be a great success so, in 1976, he ………………..

after doing three years of a four-year course. Microsoft ……………….. an enormous international

company that employs 54,000 people all over the world.

Gates ……………….. his wife, Melinda, in 1987 when she ……………….. for Microsoft. They got married

in 1994 and now have two children.

D. Look at the answers, based on the text in exercise D, and complete the questions.

1. When ………………………………………………………………………….. ?

In 1955.

2. What ………………………………………………………………………….. ?

His father was a lawyer and his mother a teacher.

3. When ………………………………………………………………………….. ?

When he was thirteen.

4. When ………………………………………………………………………….. ?

In 1976

5. When ………………………………………………………………………….. ?

When she was working for Microsoft.

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