Past Continuous Tense Quiz

I ___ (eat/eating/was eating) lunch when my friend called

They ___ (played/were playing/play) football when it started to rain

While she ___ (studies/was studying/studied), the lights went off

We ___ (was watching/were watching/watched) TV when the doorbell rang

He ___ (was running/run/running) when he tripped over a rock

She ___ (was cooking/cooked/cooks) dinner when the phone rang

While we ___ (listened/listens/were listening) to music, someone knocked on the door

They ___ (talked/were talking/was talking) when the teacher entered the class

I ___ (was reading/readingl/reads) a book when my mom called me

He ___ (was writing/wrote/writes) an email when his computer shut down