While I ____________ the contract, my boss phomed me to say that he wanted completely different conditions.

• was negotiating

• were negotiated

• negotiated

• negotiation

When Tim _______, we ______ him what had happened.

• arrived/ told

• was arriving/ told

• arrived/ was telling

• arrived/ had told

While we were promoting it, our main competitor ______their prices.

• was dropping

• dropped

• dropping

• had dropped

After she ______a few notes, she _____writing.

• was making/ started

• had made/ started

• makes/ start

• made/ had started

• m

Before Edite _____Michael's personal assistant she _____in the company for two years.

• had become/ has already worked

• became/ has already worked

• became/ had already worked

• was becoming/ had already worked

The rain ______ by the time I ________the taxi.

• was stopping/ got out of

• stopped/ was getting out of

• had stopped/ got out of

• stops/ got out of

I ______own a BMW, but now I have an MG

• used to

• would

• had

• like

I'm SURE that the winters WOULD be colder when I was a child. I remember that we USED TO walk to school IN the snow every winter.

• SURE

• WOULD

• USED TO

• IN

WHEN George saw Diane AT the seminar, he knew that he WAS MEETING her SOMEWHERE before.

• WHEN

• AT

• WAS MEETING

• SOMEWHERE

IF he FINISHED reading THE article, he gave it TO me.

• IF

• FINISHED

• THE

• TO