Past simple vs past continuous

He ______ (win) the Nobel Prize last year. 

• winned
• wined
• won
• winning

I_________TV last night.

• watch

• watched

• am watching

I _______ TV yesterday at 2 pm.

• watch

• watched

• am watching

• was watching

He ________ basketball yesterday.

• don't play

• doesn't play

• didn't play

• didn't played

He _______ late yesterday.

• work

• works

• worked

• working

Yesterday at 3 pm, I ________my homework

• do

• does

• am doing

• was doing

I was reading a book while my sister _______the piano.

• was playing

• were playing

• played

While he _________, the phone rang.

• was sleeping

• were sleeping

• sleep

He was watching TV when the lights _______.

• went out

• go out

• were going out

A: I read a great book last week.

B: Really? Who _____it?

• write

• wrote

• written