Choose the correct tenses. Explain your choices.
1 Jane was angry because Mark wasn’t calling/
hadn’t called her since last weekend.
2 Sophie had a headache because her baby sister
had been crying/was crying all afternoon.
3 Joanna switched/had switched the TV off
and went to bed.
4 Mike slipped and twisted his ankle while he
was playing/had played football yesterday.
5 Tony was shocked. He couldn’t believe what
had just happened/just happened.
6 After John had parked/had been parking the
car, he went into the house.
7 This time yesterday, we lay/were lying on the
beach sunbathing.
8 I didn’t go out last night because I wasn’t
finishing/hadn’t finished my homework.
9 Jack had been working/was working at the
company for ten years before he left.
10 He was driving/had been driving for an hour
when the car broke down.
