Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

I __________to the radio when I _________ this fantastic song.

• listened/heard

• was listening/was hearing

• was listening/heard

• listened/was hearing

When the teacher _______ ‘Stop!’, I _______ to finish the last question

• said/was still trying

• said/still tried

• was saying/was still trying

• was saying/still tried

I feel really silly! While I ________, I _______ and __________ my elbow.

• danced/was falling/was breaking

• was dancing/ was falling/broke

• was dancing/fell/broke

• was dancing/fell/was breaking

Tim _______ a computer game when his mum ________ him for lunch.

• was playing/called

• played/was calling

• was playing/was calling

• was playing/called

I _______ for a file on my memory stick when I _______ there was a virus

• was looking/was noticing

• was looking/noticed

• looked/was noticing

• looked/noticed

My dad _________to classical music when I _______home from school.

• was listening/arrived

• was listening/was arriving

• listened/was arriving

• listened/arrived

My cousin ______ his wife, Bianca, while he ______ in Italy.

• was meeting/lived

• met/was living

• met/was living

• met/lived

My little sister _____ a picture while I ______ for my French exam.

• was drawing/studied

• drew/was studying

• was drawing/was studying

• drew/studied

While they ________ to fix the computer, all the lights _______.

• tried/was going out

• was trying/were going out

• were trying/went out

• was trying/went out

I ________to log on when the WiFi _______ working.

• was trying/was stopping

• was trying/stopped

• tried/was stopping

• were trying/stopped