Past Simple vs Past Continuous

went/was meeting

was going/met

went/met

was going/was meeting

was cooking/rang

cooked/was ringing

cooked/rang

was cooking/was ringing

watched/were hearing

watched/heard

were watching/heard

were watching/were hearing

did/was playing

did/played

was doing/play

was doing/was playing

were walking/was starting

walked/started

were walking/started

walked/was starting

came/was talking

was coming/was talking

was coming/talked

came/talked

had/happened

was having/was happening

had/was happening

was having/happened

listened/arrived

were listening/were arriving

were listening/arrived

listened/were arriving

was writing/crashed

wrote/was crashing

wrote/crashed

was writing/was crashing

were talking/read

talked/was reading

were talking/was reading

talked/read