"PAST TENSES"

   I saw Jim at the train station. He ... for his business partner to arrive from NY.

• had waited

• had been waiting

• was waiting

• waited

When he was single he ... to Spain every winter, but now he has to go to France with his wife and children.

• would go

• had gone

• went

• had been going

     In 1939 the Second World War ... .

• had started

• started

• was starting

• had been starting

  His grandmother died last night. She ... from cancer for more than a year.

• was suffered

• suffered

• had suffered

• had been suffering

Hardly ... the door when the phone rang.

• had we closed

• were we closing

• closed we

• had we been closing

      I ... a shower when somebody knocked on my door.

• had

• was having

• had had

• had been having

He was put behind bars because he ... the police officer.

• offended

• had offended

• was offending

• had been offending

They ... their last winter holiday in Italy.

• was spending

• had been spending

• had spent

• spent

  At three o’clock yesterday afternoon they ... at an outdoor café.

• sat

• were sitting

• had been sitting

• had sitted

  First, he ... the message. Then, he ... his boss to inform him about the accident.

• read / called

• was reading / called

• read / was calling

• was reading / was calling