Past Simple vs Past Continuous

I (a)   (make) my dinner at 8 o’clock last night.

Paula (a)   (come) home from school when she saw an accident

He (a)   (open) the box when he cut his finger

I feel really silly! While I ....................., I ................. and ....................... my elbow.

• danced / fell / broke

• was dancing / was falling / broke

• was dancing / fell / broke

• danced / fell / broke

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

• was looking / noticed

• looked / was noticing

• was looking / was noticing

• look / notice

How many pictures ..................... while you .......................... around Ireland?

• you take / was travelling

• did you take / were travelling

• were you taking / travelled

• took / travelled

While Dad was printing an article, the printer (a)   (run out) of paper.

Yesterday I (a)   (buy) some fruit at the supermarket

She (a)   (sell) her house last year.

Finally my mother (a)   (let) me go to a party last Saturday.