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Complete the secret agent's rather embarrassing mission debriefing. Select the best phrase for each gap.
I brought twenty exploding laser pens, though I ______________________________ so many, as the guards were already asleep. I was so terrified of the villain's fluffy white cat that I _________________________ pet it! In hindsight, I _____________________________ handed over my secret ID badge when the villain politely asked for it.

I brought twenty exploding laser pens, though I needn't have packed so many, as the guards were already asleep.

Needn't have + past participle is used when an action was performed, but it was unnecessary. Modal need never takes "to".

I was so terrified of the villain's fluffy white cat that I dared not pet it!

Dared not is the past tense of the modal auxiliary dare. It is followed directly by a bare infinitive (pet), so "dared not to" is incorrect.

In hindsight, I ought not to have handed over my secret ID badge when the villain politely asked for it.

The standard negative past form of ought to is ought not to have + past participle. Dropping the "to" (ought not have) is a common error, and using did (didn't ought to) is considered non-standard dialect.

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