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Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE:

1. The spaceship (approach) the space station when its computer (go) wrong.
2. She (check) the intruments when she (hear) a radio message.
3. The captain (have) a coffee break when his spaceship (enter) a meteor storm.
4. We (leave) our spaceship when we (realize) that something was wrong.
5. The astronauts (try) to control the spaceship when it (crash) .
6. The outer door of their spaceship (close) while they (walk) in space.