Поставить глаголы в нужную форму a week before Christmas she (have) an idea to go to florida for a holiday.

It happened when my grandmother was a first-year student. A week before Christmas she 1. had an idea to go to Florida for a holiday. She had never 2.visited that part of the country before. She hired a car and 3. began her journey. She 4. was driving on the road when her car suddenly 5. broke down. There 6. were few people on the road and she 7. thought she would never 8. get to Florida. It 9. was growing dark and cold with every minute. Then she 10. saw a police-car 11. appear at some distance. The policeman 12. felt sorry for the young traveller and 13. decided to help her. After the policeman 14. fixed the girl`s car, she 15. was invited by him to follow the police-car in the direction of the nearest town.