9. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form.
Jane (1) ........... ...................(always want) to be a nurse ever since she (2)
.............. (be) a child but her father (3) (tell) her that nursing (4) .................................(is) not a suitable profession for her to follow (5) .. ..................... (leave) school, she (6) ..... (offer) a job working as a doctor's receptionist. She didn't want to take the job, so she (7)
................(decide) to talk to her friend. Anne, about what she should do. Jane and Anne (8) ............... ..................(be) friends for a long time and (9) ............ .............(live) in the same street. When Jane (10) ..................... (arrive) at Anne's house, Anne (11) ......... (sit) in the garden (12) ...................................(read). She (13) ........ (look up) and smiled as Jane (14) ........................ (approach) "Hello, Jane. How are you? Why are you looking so miserable?" Jane (15) ........... (explain) the situation and her friend (16) ............. .................. (listen) sympathetically. As Jane finished speaking, Anne's mother (17) ............. (come out) of the house and (18)...
..........(shout) to the two girls to come over. "I'm dreadfully sorry Jane, but I'm afraid your father had an accident this morning in work and is in hospital. They weren't able to give me many details, but they (19) ......... .................. (tell) me he's going to be all right, I'll drive you over there now." When they (20) .......... (arrive) at the hospital Jane was amazed to see her father sitting up in bed and smiling broadly as they walked into his hospital room. "Father, I (21)
...........(be) so worried, I thought something dreadful (22)
............(happen)." "Oh, there's no need to worry. I've broken my arm but the nurses here have taken such good care of me, they've been wonderful. And Jane, I've been thinking...." Jane smiled at her friend, and knew that everything was going to be all right!