Past Simple or Past Progressive?

The two bears (to walk) on the grass when a bee came to them.

• Was walking

• Were walked

• Were walking

• Walk

The Crane was hunting the fish when the crow (to steal) one.

• Stealed

• Was stealing

• Was stolen

• Stole

The snow (to fall) all winter.

• falled

• fell

• was falling

• was fallen

The everything-maker (to make) all things on Earth.

• made

• make

• maked

• maden

The crow black after he fell in the ashes.

The Ancestors (to sleep) when the Rainbow Serpent (to awake)

• were sleeping / awoke

• was sleeping / awoke

• slept / awoken

• slept / were awaking

The past progressive is used :

• To express a long action

• To put context in the past

• To describe a short action in the past.

• To describe an action ongoing now as I am talking.

The past simple (preterit) is used :

• To express a short action in the past.

• To express an action that happened in the past and is finished.

• To describe a long action in the past.

• To express the future.

The past progressive is composed:

• BE (WAS/WERE) + Past Participle

• HAVE (HAS/HAVE) + Past Participle

• BE (WAS/WERE) + V-ING

• BE (IS/ARE) + PAST PARTICIPLE

Which tense do we have :

The White Bear was walking down the valley when the Brown Bear called him.

• Past Progressive + Past Simple

• Present Perfect + Past Simple

• Past Simple + Present Perfect

• Present Progressive + Past Simple