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[navi tasan]

Which are correct:

1-He opened the drawer, taking out some papers.
2-He opened the drawer, then taking out some papers.

3-He became a sailor on a freighter, jumping ship at a South American port.
4-He became a sailor on a freighter, then jumping ship at a South American port.
5-He became a sailor on a freighter in 1886, later jumping ship at a South American port.

[Tdol]

1,3, 5

2 & 4 would take a past tense not a gerund for me.