Past Simple/Continuous II

She ______________ (read) a book when the phone rang.

I ______________ (think) about you all day yesterday.

She ______________ (speak) three languages fluently.

We ______________ (take) a lot of photos on our holiday.

I ______________ (catch) a cold last winter.

They ______________ (understand) the instructions perfectly.

He ____ (tell) me a funny story after we met for coffee yesterday.

He ____ (give) me a present and then left in a hurry.

They _____ (sell) their old house and bought a new one.

He ______________ (write) an email to his boss when I arrived.