Past Simple and Past Continuous

It was a sunny morning and my parents, my sister and I (1)_____ _________ along a busy motorway.

• was driving

• were driving

We (2) ______ _______to Scotland to spend the weekend with some family friends.

• were travelling

• travelled

My sister and I (3) _____ _______ magazines.

• read

• were reading

Mum and Dad (4) _________ ________ to music on the car radio.

• were listening

• listened

Suddenly we (5) _______ bright blue lights on the road in front of us.

• seen

• saw

A policeman in a yellow jacket (6) ________ _______in the middle of the road.

• was standing

• Stood

He (7) ______ _______ everyone to drive more slowly.

• was telling

• tell

After a few minutes we (8) ________ stopped the car.

• stopped

• were stopping

There were two fire engines at the side of the road near to a burning car. Smoke (9) ______ ______ out of its engine.

• was coming

• come

Luckily, no-one (10) ______ hurt.

• was

• are