5 Choose the correct variant from the brackets:
My uncle ... (was, has been, had been the owner sharply. He decided to enlarge the area, and said he ...
of a green-house for the past 5 years. He ... (was, is (will increase, would increase, will be increased the
growing, grows) cucumbers and tomatoes in it. Last harvest and would get richer. When he started this
year he ... (gathered, was gathered, has gathered) a good business nobody (believes, had believed, believed) in
crop. After he ... (sold, has sold, had sold) the vegetables his success. Now there is no doubt his business (had
at the market, his profit ... (went, is gone, has gone) up become, has become, became) very profitable.​