Question

Read the story below. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate connector of time.

It was late at night. Ashok had been sleeping for several for hours (1) ______ was woken by a furious knocking at the door. (2) ______ checking his watch and putting on his dressing gown, he staggered sleepily towards the door. (3) ______ he looked through the keyhole he saw a very strange sight: it was the big, bearded watchman of the flats shivering in a woman’s dressing gown! (4) ______ he saw this, Ashok rushed back to his bedroom and, (5) ______ in bed, pulled the covers over his head shaking with shock. (6) ______ he lay there he could hear desperate shouting and banging but Ashok ignored it and (7) ______ fell asleep.

Answer 1

It was late at night. Ashok had been sleeping for several for hours when was woken by a furious knocking at the door. After checking his watch and putting on his dressing gown, he staggered sleepily towards the door. As he looked through the keyhole he saw a very strange sight: it was the big, bearded watchman of the flats shivering in a woman’s dressing gown! When he saw this, Ashok rushed back to his bedroom and, While in bed, pulled the covers over his head shaking with shock. As he lay there he could hear desperate shouting and banging but Ashok ignored it and then fell asleep.