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Past simple / Preterite continuous

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1. Yesterday I decidedhad decidedhave decidedI don't know to go shopping.

2. I would havewas havinghadI don't know people for dinner that evening. It was great.

3. I was takingtookhad takenI don't know my car to drive to the supermaket.

4. A policeman stopped me and told me that my indicators didn't workhaven't been workingwere not workingI don't know.

5. He givedgavewas givingI don't know a £5 fine.

6. I was furious but I daren'tdidn't darewasn't daringI don't know say anything.

7. When I finally entered the supermarket, hundreds of people already shoppinghad already been shoppingwere already shoppingI don't know.

8. I bought a plastic and was beginningbegunbeganI don't know walking down the aisles.

9. I caught sight of Mrs Robinson who boughtwas buyingwere buyingI don't know fish fingers for her children.

10. She spotted me, she absolutely had hadhadwas havingI don't know to tell me her news.

11. She she were redecoratingwas redecoratingshe redecoratedI don't know her house, she needed help.

12. I told her that I thoughtthinkedI don't know bright green with orange dots would do and walked away.

13. I didn't turn round, I knew what a face she mademakedwas makingI don't know.

14. By the time I reached the cashdesks, they had closedclosedwere closingI don't know the supermarket.

15. That's when I realized that my bottle of olive oil leakedwas leakinghad leakedI don't know.