Past Perfect or Past Simple? Раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в правильную грамматическую форму, выбирая между прошедшим свершенным (e.g. he had done) или простым прошедшим временами (e.g. he did):
James 1_____________________(sit) outside the office waiting for the interview. He 2________________(feel) so nervous that he 3__________________ (not know) what to do with himself. The person who 4___________________(go in) before him 5_____________(be) in there for nearly an hour. And she 6________________(look) so confident when she 7______________________(go) in. Not like James. He 8_________________(feel) sure that she 9_____________________(already/get) the job. The problem 10________________(be) that he 11__________________(want) this job so much. It 12______________________(mean) everything to him. He 13_____________________(think) about it such a lot before the day of the interview. He 14___________________(imagine) himself performing brilliantly at the interview and being offered the job immediately. But now here he 15__________________(be) feeling terrible. He 16______________________(cannot) remember all those things he 17_________________(plan) to say. At that moment, he 18___________________ (almost/decide) to get up and leave. But no – he 19______________(have) to do this. He 20____________(spend) so much time thinking about it that he 21_____________ (cannot) give up like that. His hands 22________________(be) hot and sticky and his mouth 23_____________(feel) dry. Finally the door of the office 24_______________ (open). The woman who 25____________(go in) an hour earlier 26_______________ (come out) looking very pleased with herself. She 27_____________________(smile) sympathetically at James. At that moment James 28___________________(hate) her. The managing director then 29______________________(appear) at the office door. ‘Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.’ James 30___________________(suddenly/wish) that he 31__________________ (go) home after all. He 32________________(get up), legs shaking and forehead sweating and 33____________________(wonder) whether he 34____________________(look) as terrified as he 35______________________(feel). ​