Past Simple or Past Continuous?

He ______ (sleep) when the doorbell ______ (ring).

We ______ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).

Yesterday I ______(go) to the post office,

______ (buy) some fruit at the supermarket

and ______ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.

We ______(watch) TV when we _____(hear) a loud noise.

Julie ______ (be) in the garden when Laurence ______(arrive).

A: What ______(you / do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I ______(clean) my house.

Last year I ______ (visit) Paris and Rome.

They ______ (have) dinner when the police ______(come) to the door.

He ______ (work) in the garden when he ______ (find) the money.

Laura ______ (study) at 11pm last night.