Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, past continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous. Linda(try)

Linda had been trying to find a present for her mum over an hour before she finally saw something nice to buy her.

William had already heard the news when I called to tell him.

While Emma was doing her homework, her brother was playing music loudly, and she couldn\'t concentrate.

Nathan was coming across a photo of his great-grandfather as he looked trough some old things.

Helen was exhausted because she had jogged for two hours.