Question

3)Past Simple or Past Perfect?
Yesterday, Mandy _______ (go) to a café after work. She _______ (sit) down at a table outside the café and _______ (look) at the menu. When the waiter _______ (come)
to take her order, she _______ (be) surprised. It _______ (be) James, an old friend from school. They _______ (see/not) each other for at least five years. So they _______ (tell) each other what _______ (happen) in the past five years.

Answer 1

1) went (yesterday - указательное слово, типичный past simple)
2) sat (простое прошедшее)
3) looked
4) came
5) had was (результат. Он подошел, она удивилась)
6) was
7) hadn't saw (здесь, по идее, указан промежуток времени, поэтому должно быть past perfect progressive. Но надеюсь, perfect тоже подойдет)
8)told
9) happened