Past tenses. choose the correct tense. 16. i saw jim this morning. he ran / was running for the bus. 17. keri was angry. she had been waiting / was waiting for sarah for two hours. 18. andy was relieved to hear that he was passing / had passed the exam. 19. i was walking / had walked home when i met paul. 20. brian learnt / had learnt how to spell his name at school today. 21. they hadn’t visited / weren’t visiting their grandparents for along time. 22. i watched / was watching television when the telephone rang. 23. jason had been thinking / had thought about his new car all day. 24. i bought the dress because i wanted / had wanted something special to wear to the party. 25. the little boy was crying because he had lost / was losing his mother. 26. graham had been working / was working for the company for 20 years before ht retired. 27. pam opened / had opened the present and read the card. 28. lucy wrote / had written a letter to her sister last night. 29. it had been raining / was raining all day and the roads were very wet. 30. sue was smiling / had smiled as she was reading mary’s letter. 2. choose the correct preposition. 1 may i pay by / for / in cheques, please? 2 he offered to pay by / for / at dinner, but i wouldn’t let him. 3 we paid by / for / in cash when we bought our television. 4 this group are very popular in / with / for young people. 5 i prefer reading of / to / with watching television. 6 sam is not qualified of / for / to such difficult work. 7 he has a reputation for / on / by doing excellent work. 8 that information is hardly relevant to / for / of the subject. 9 the management will not be held responsible of / from / for any damage. 10 his successful career was the result of / from / in hard work. 11 we were very proud on / in / of martin when he won the competition.

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