Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. The first one is done for you.

Example:
0 has been sitting
sat
will sit
had sat

The Big Interview

Charles \(0\) sat in the cafeteria with five other students, waiting for Ms\. Swanson to interview all of them\. Ms\. Swanson, the seventh\-grade science teacher,  \(1\)  **\.\.\.** for a lab helper\. Charles’s palms \(2\)  **\.\.\.** sweaty and his face \(3\)  **\.\.\.** hot\. He wondered if his face \(4\)  **\.\.\.** red – and if anyone \(5\)  **\.\.\.** \.  
As he prepared for his interview, Charles reviewed a set of index cards with notes that he \(6\)  **\.\.\.** earlier\. On each card, he \(7\)  **\.\.\.** an answer to a question that Ms\. Swanson \(8\) **\.\.\.** ask\. “The emergency eyewash station \(9\)  **\.\.\.** not a place to get a drink of water,” he quietly read aloud from one card\.  

Charles \(10\) ... to check out the other candidates. Nearby, a girl with dark hair \(11\) ... her own set of index cards. He \(12\) ... as she tore a card into tiny pieces and stuffed the pieces into her pocket. Suddenly she \(13\) ... at Charles. “Are you nervous?” she asked.
“No, I’m not nervous – not at all,” Charles stammered. “What about you?”
“Uh, no, me \(14\) ... ,” the girl responded.
At that moment, Ms. Swanson appeared. “Charles Locke?” she called out.