Match the tenses in bold to their uses. Give more examples.

Exercise 7: 1 — b: past actions which happened one after another (Example: She opened the window, looked outside and smiled.) 2 — c: past action in progress interrupted by another past action (Example: They were eating dinner when the phone rang.) 3 — a: complete action or event which happened at a stated time in the past (Example: We visited London in 2015.) 4 — e: past habit or state (Example: She always carried an umbrella in autumn.) 5 — d: two or more simultaneous past actions (Example: While I was studying, he was playing video games.) Exercise 8: Dear Jess, How are you? I’m sorry I 1) haven't written to you for a while, but I 2) have been really busy. Let me tell you my news. I 3) started at the local 6th form college last September, and I 4) am studying for my ‘A’ levels at the moment. I 5) want to become a lawyer when I grow up, so I’ll have to work hard and pass all my exams to get into a good university. My other news is that I have a new pet dog. I 6) have had him for two months now and he’s really cute but sometimes a little naughty. For example, while I 7) was walking him in the park yesterday, he 8) ran off and it 9) took me an hour and a half to find him again.