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Past simple / Preterite continuous

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1. Yesterday I had decideddecidedhave decidedI don't know to go shopping.

2. I hadwas havingwould haveI don't know people for dinner that evening. It was great.

3. I tookwas takinghad takenI don't know my car to drive to the supermaket.

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

5. He givedgavewas givingI 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 shoppingalready shoppingwere already shoppingI don't know.

8. I bought a plastic and begunwas beginningbeganI don't know walking down the aisles.

9. I caught sight of Mrs Robinson who were buyingwas buyingboughtI don't know fish fingers for her children.

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

11. She she were redecoratingshe redecoratedwas redecoratingI 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 makedwas makingmadeI don't know.

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

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