Question

---Tom, why didn’t you come to the meeting yesterday?

---I ________, but my car broke down．

1. A.
   would
2. B.
   had
3. C.
   was going to
4. D.
   did

Answer 1

C
根据题意，应填过去本打算做某事，应用was going to do sth．, would表示单纯的过去将来。