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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 havehadwas havingI don't know people for dinner that evening. It was great.

3. I was takinghad takentookI don't know my car to drive to the supermaket.

4. A policeman stopped me and told me that my indicators were not workinghaven't been workingdidn't workI don't know.

5. He was givinggivedgaveI don't know a £5 fine.

6. I was furious but I didn't daredaren'twasn't daringI don't know say anything.

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

8. I bought a plastic and beganbegunwas beginningI 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 hadwas havinghad hadI don't know to tell me her news.

11. She was redecoratingshe redecoratedshe were redecoratingI don't know her house, she needed help.

12. I told her that I thinkedthoughtI 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 makedwas makingmadeI don't know.

14. By the time I reached the cashdesks, they closedwere closinghad closedI don't know the supermarket.

15. That's when I realized that my bottle of olive oil had leakedleakedwas leakingI don't know.