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Fill in the blanks in the given passage using appropriate tense forms from the option that follow:

The old man ____ 26____ his and for a moment, it looked as if he___27___back from a long way away. Then he____28____.

"What____29____he asked.

"Supper," said the boy. "We____30____to have supper."

"I____31____very hungry."

"Come on and____32____ You can't fish and not eat."

"I already had it," the old man____33____ getting up and____34____the newspaper and folding it.

Then he____35____ to fold the blanket.

A)                      was opening                 

B)  opened

C)         opens              

D)         had opened