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Unit
Exercises 119

119.1 Put in for or during.
1 It rained for three days without stopping.
2 I fell asleep during the movie.
3 I went to the theatre last night. I met Sue the interval.
4 I felt really ill last week. I could hardly eat anything three days.
5 The traffic was bad. We were stuck in a traffic jam two hours.
6 Production at the factory was seriously affected the strike.
7 Sarah was very angry with me. She didn’t speak to me a week.
8 I don’t have much free time the week, but I relax at weekends.
9 I need a break. I think I’ll go away a few days.
10 The president gave a short speech. She spoke only ten minutes.
11 We were hungry when we arrived. We hadn’t eaten anything the journey.
12 We were hungry when we arrived. We hadn’t eaten anything eight hours.

119.2 Put in during or while.
1 We met a lot of interesting people while we were on holiday.
2 We met a lot of interesting people during our holiday.
3 I met Mike I was shopping.
4 I was on holiday, I didn’t use my phone at all.
5 I learnt a lot the course. The teachers were very good.
6 There was a lot of noise the night. What was it?
7 I’d been away for many years. Many things had changed that time.
8 What did they say about me I was out of the room?
9 When I fly anywhere, I never eat anything the flight.
10 Please don’t interrupt me I’m speaking.
11 the festival, it’s almost impossible to find a hotel room here.
12 We were hungry when we arrived. We hadn’t eaten anything we were travelling.

119.3 Put in during, for or while.
1 I used to live in Berlin. I lived there five years.
2 One of the runners fell the race but managed to get up and continue.
3 Nobody came to see me I was in hospital.
4 Try to avoid travelling the busy periods of the day.
5 I was very tired. I slept ten hours.
6 Can you hold my bag I try on this jacket?
7 I’m not sure when we’ll arrive, but it will be sometime the afternoon.
8 I wasn’t well last week. I hardly ate anything three days.
9 My phone rang we were having dinner.
10 Nobody knows how many people were killed the war.
119.4 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
1 I fell asleep while I was watching TV.
2 I fell asleep during the movie.
3 Can you wait for me while
4 Most of the students looked bored during
5 I was asked a lot of questions during
6 Don’t open the car door while
7 The lights suddenly went out while
8 What are you going to do while
9 It started to rain during
10 It started to rain while

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