Question

Mary met Jim at the train station. He ... for his business partner to arrive from NY. a) had waited b) had been waiting c) was waiting d) waited

Answer 1

Ответ:

c) was waiting

Answer 2

Ответ: b) had been waiting

Объяснение:

Answer 3

The correct answer is c) was waiting.

In this sentence, we can see that Mary met Jim at the train station, and he was waiting for his business partner to arrive from NY. The sentence is in the past tense, so we need to use a past tense form of the verb "wait".

Option a) "had waited" is incorrect because it suggests that Jim waited before Mary met him at the train station. However, the sentence implies that Jim was already waiting when Mary met him.

Option b) "had been waiting" is incorrect because it implies that Jim started waiting even before Mary met him. However, we don't have any information about when he started waiting, so this option is not suitable.

Option c) "was waiting" is the correct choice. It indicates that Jim was currently waiting at the train station when Mary met him. This matches the context of the sentence.

Option d) "waited" is incorrect because it indicates a simple past tense, which doesn't convey the ongoing nature of Jim's waiting.

So, the correct answer is c) was waiting.