Past simple or continuous?

While I ____________________________(to text), the school bus

____________________________(to arrive) .

• was texting - arrived

• was texting - was arriving

• texted - was arriving

• texted - arrived

Cindy ____________________________ (to break) her leg while she

____________________________(to snowboard) .

• broken - was snowboarding

• broke - snowboarded

• broke - was snowboarding

• was breaking - was snowboarding

He ____________________________ (to listen) to the radio while he ____________________________ (to prepare) breakfast

• listened - was preparing

• was listening - was preparing

• were listening - were preparing

• listened - prepared

My father was driving at 70 km/h __________ (when / while) a policeman ____________________________ him. (to stop)

• when - stopped

• while - was stopping

• when - was stopping

• while - stopped

The girl ___________________________ (to notice) that the boy ___________________________ (to watch) her.

• noticed -were watching

• were noticing - were watching

• was noticing - were watching

• noticed - was watching

My dad ___________________________ (to fall off) the ladder while he __________________________ (to paint) the carport.

• was falling off - was painting

• falled off - was painting

• was falling off - painted

• fell off - was painting

While we ___________________________(to wait), we ___________________________(to do) crossword puzzles.

• were waiting - did

• were waiting - were doing

• was waitign - was doing

• waited - were doing

Nick got sick ______ (when / while) he ____________________________ (to travel) in Texas.

• while - was travelling

• when - were travelling

• while - travelled

• when - was travelling

What _________________ (to do)______________ (when / while) you ____________________ (to hear) about 9/11?

• was you doing - while - heard

• you were doing - when - heard

• were you doing - when - heard

• did you do - while - were hearing

She said that she _____________________(not to feel) happy, so I __________________________(to talk) to her.

• didn't feel - was talking

• wasn't feeling - talked

• wasn't feeling - was talking

• didn't feel - talked