10. Open the brackets using the correct forms of the verbs.

While Mrs. Grant 1. was preparing (prepare) a meal for her guests yesterday, she 2. got (get) rather worried about some unusual mushrooms which a kind friend of hers 3. had sent (send) her from the country, where she 4. had been living (live) before. Mrs. Grant 5. thought (think) the mushrooms 6. looked (look) suspicious and 7. decided (decide) 8. to give (give) one to the dog. The dog 9. ate (eat) it. "I 10. will prepare (prepare) the mushrooms for my guests if nothing