Study the example from the text. Complete the following sentences with the key words in brackets, using the structure “It is (not) long/a while/ ...hours/days...before...”. It is (not) long/a while/ ...hours/days...before... e.g. ... it wasn’t long before we were meeting up after work for dinner, ladies night and sightseeing excursions. ( Para. 4) 1. _________________________the two companies were able to reach an agreement. (not long) 2. Mark Zuckerberg worked quite a long time to build Facebook, and _____________________ the company made a profit. (years) 3. Sometimes you may make very fast progress in a foreign language, but sometimes _________________ hard work starts to pay off! (a while)