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.