9 1 Don't worry. He will return____. A. before long B. long before C. long long ago D. long ago 2 There lived an old man, fishing at sea____. A. long before B. before long C. long time ago D. soon 3 It was not _____ they came back. A. long before B. before long C. long time before D. long after 4 I was told that his uncle had gone to France . A. long before -B. shortly after C. before long D. long ago