1. I saw Jim this morning. He
ran/
was running for the bus.
2. Keri was angry. She
had been waiting/was waiting for Sarah for two
hours.
3. Andy was relieved to hear that he was passing/
had passed the exam.
4. I
was walking/had walked home when I saw Paul.
5. Brian
learnt/had learnt how to spell his name at school today.
6. They
hadn’t visited/weren’t visiting their grandparents for a long
time.
7. I watched/
was watching television when the telephone rang.
8. Jason
had been thinking/had thought about his new car all day.
9. I bought the dress because I
wanted/had wanted something special to
wear to the party.
10. The little boy was crying because he had lost/
was losing his mother.
11. Graham
had been working/was working for the company for twenty years
before he retired.
12. Pam
opened/had opened the present and read the card.
13. Lucy
wrote/had written a letter to her sister last night.
14. It
had been raining/was raining all day and the roads were very wet.
15. Sue
was smiling/had smiled as she was reading Mary’s letter.