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Past simple / Preterite continuous

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1. Yesterday I decidedhad decidedhave decided to go shopping.

2. I was havingwould havehad people for dinner that evening. It was great.

3. I tookwas takinghad taken 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 work.

5. He gavegivedwas giving a £5 fine.

6. I was furious but I wasn't daringdidn't daredaren't say anything.

7. When I finally entered the supermarket, hundreds of people had already been shoppingwere already shoppingalready shopping.

8. I bought a plastic and was beginningbegunbegan walking down the aisles.

9. I caught sight of Mrs Robinson who boughtwere buyingwas buying fish fingers for her children.

10. She spotted me, she absolutely had hadhadwas having to tell me her news.

11. She was redecoratingshe redecoratedshe were redecorating her house, she needed help.

12. I told her that I thinkedthought bright green with orange dots would do and walked away.

13. I didn't turn round, I knew what a face she was makingmademaked.

14. By the time I reached the cashdesks, they closedhad closedwere closing the supermarket.

15. That's when I realized that my bottle of olive oil was leakingleakedhad leaked.