Simple Past Tense vs Simple Past Continuous Tense

What is the correct sentence for that picture?

• When the bell was ringing, they did an exercise

• They doing an exercise and the bell rang

• While the bell rang, they doing an exercise.

• They were doing an exercise when the bell rang.

What is the correct sentence for that picture?

• I was watching TV and my mother coming

• My mother come while I was watching TV

• My mother was coming when I was watching TV

• My mother came while I was watching TV

What is the correct sentence for that picture?

• The cars crashed when we were sitting at the park.

• The cars were crashed while we were sitting at the park.

• The cars crashed while we was sitting at the park.

• The cars crashed while we were sitting at the park.

what........you doing when I..........you last night?

• did,was

• were, called

• are, calling

• is, called

She.......................at 5 p.m. yesterday.

• were working
• was working
• working
• was

My friend .............me while I .....................the homework

• was phoning / was doing
• phoned / was doing
• phoned / did
• were phoning / were doing

Adela ..........  while the other girls .............  .

• is dancing  /  are dancing
• was dancing / was singing
• was dancing / were singing
• were dancing / were singing

At 5 o'clock yesterday  I _____ dinner.

• had
• had had
• was having
• had been having

Sam _______ a picture of me, while I _______ .

• took, wasn't looking
• had taken, had looked
• took, looked
• had taken, looked

at eight a o'clock last night, I.................... a novel.

• am reading

• were reading

• was reading

• did reading