Fill in the Blanks Unit 2Online version Complete the text with the simple past or past continuous of the verbs in parentheses. by Denise Chavarría Mora 1 did realized was trying chose was developing found advised was growing up graduated Coming together and mixing When Yinka Ilori ( 1 ) ( grow up ) , his parents often ( 2 ) ( advise ) him to think about becoming an engineer . Instead , when he finished high school , he ( 3 ) ( choose ) to study furniture design . Three years after he ( 4 ) ( graduate ) , while he ( 5 ) ( try ) to develop his own style , he ( 6 ) ( do ) a project where he took two old chairs and made them into one new one . He then ( 7 ) ( realize ) that his work was about storytelling and different cultures coming together and mixing . He ( 8 ) ( develop ) these ideas when an art expert ( 9 ) ( find ) his work online and invited him to show it at Milan Design Week ? the world's largest design fair .