V. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, using the past perfect or simple past tense as appropriate. Use the continuous forms if necessary. 1. Jake (graduate) in 1987 and (spend) two years applying for jobs before he (be offered) the one he (want).
2. Tom (look) for the right person to be his wife for five years before he (meet) and (fall) in love with Sally.

3. If I (know) what to do, everything would have been all right. As it (be), everything (go) wrong.
4. Mary (have) a nervous breakdown last year. No one (be) surprised. She (work) much too hard for months.
5. The garden (look) absolutely lovely last year, mainly because of the hard work we (put in) the previous autumn