Test incompl/inter-260, Question 9

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English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #260 "Irregular Verbs Test (8)", question 9

I ......... Gina for her sister at the wedding. They look like twins sometimes.

(a) mistaked
(b) mistook
(c) mistakes

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #260 "Irregular Verbs Test (8)", answer 9

I mistook Gina for her sister at the wedding. They look like twins sometimes.

Correct answer: (b) mistook
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When he mistook Gina for her sister this happened at the wedding what happened already. So we have to use simple past tense: mistook
mistake sb for sb= confuse X with Y
3 forms are:mistake,mistook, mistaken
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.