Past simple or past continuous

Lucy ...... her arm last week.

• broke

• was breaking

• was broke

• were breaking

When she ...... her room, she ......off the ladder.

• was painting, fell

• was painting, was falling

• painted, fell

• was painting, falled

The train ...... at the station and Paula ..... off.

• arrived, got

• was arriving, was getting

• arrived, getting

• arrived, was getting

John and Rachel ...... to meet her.

• were waiting

• was waiting

• waiting

• waited

Yesterday Sue ...... along the road when she ...... James.

• was walking, met

• was walking, was meeting

• walked, was meeting

• walked, met

James ...... to the station to catch a train and he ....... a bag.

• was going, was carrying

• went, was carrying

• was going, carried

• want, carrying

They ...... to talk for a few minutes.

• stopped

• stop

• were stopping

• was stopping

What ... you ... when the phone ...?

• were_doing, rang

• did_do, rang

• did_do, was ringing

• were_doing, rung

I ...... TV when my mother ...... home.

• was watching, arrived

• watched, was arriving

• watched, arrived

• watching, arrived

Was Jane busy when you went to see her?

Yes, she ...... .

• was studying

• studied

• were studying

• study