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Past simple / Preterite continuous

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1. Yesterday I have decidedhad decideddecidedI don't know to go shopping.

2. I was havinghadwould haveI 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 were not workinghaven't been workingdidn't workI don't know.

5. He givedwas givinggaveI 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 were already shoppinghad already been shoppingalready shoppingI don't know.

8. I bought a plastic and beganwas beginningbegunI don't know walking down the aisles.

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

10. She spotted me, she absolutely hadhad hadwas havingI 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 was makingmademakedI 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 was leakinghad leakedleakedI don't know.