Past Simple or Past Continuous

He...tennis when it ...to rain.

• was palaying/ were starting

• was playing/ started

• played/ started

Mum ... dinner while dad...TV.

• were cooking/ was watching

• was cooking / was watching

• cooked/ watched

Emma ...homework when her mother... the room.

• did/ entered

• were doing/ were entering

• was doing/ entered

Susan... her finger while she...the bread.

• was cutting/ was slicing

• cut/ was slicing

• cut/ sliced

When I last...Mrs Black, she...the flowers.

• saw/ was watering

• were seeng/ watered

• saw/ watered

While I...yesterday morning, Tom...by to see me.

• was studying/ dropped

• were studying/ was dropping

• was studying/ were dropping

We...while David and Peter...by the lake.

• swam/ jogged

• were swimming/were jogging

• were swimming/ was jogging

When they...at the station, it...havily.

• arrived/ was snowing

• were arriving/ was snowing

• was arriving/ snowed

While she...the newspapers, her brother...to music.

• were reading/ listened

• read/ were listening

• was reading/ was listening