Fill in the blanks in the paragraph below with the correct form of the words given in brackets.
I____________ (1) (realize) that I ___________ (2) (know) one of the two men by sight, and I _________ (3) (spend) a few seconds thinking why he _________ (4) (seek) me out on a Sunday afternoon. During this pause, three small boys __________ (5) (walk) up the passage from the house behind me, _________ (6) (thread) a way around me and the two men outside, and silently
________ (7) (climb) like cats up into a tree in the middle of the lawn outside. There, the three figures ________ (8) (rest), _________ (9) (become) immobile, ________ (10) (lie) on their stomachs, deep in a secret game.
I realized (1) that I knew (2) one of the two men by sight, and I spent (3) a few seconds thinking why he sought (4) me out on a Sunday afternoon. During this pause, three small boys walked (5) up the passage from the house behind me, threaded (6) a way around me and the two men outside, and silently climbed (7) like cats up into a tree in the middle of the lawn outside. There, the three figures rested (8), became (9) immobile, lay (10) on their stomachs, deep in a secret game.