When and While Using Past Simple and Past Continuous

I________ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.

• was walking

• am walking

• walk

• walked

The boy fell while he________down the stairs.

• run

• running

• was running

• runs

She hurt herself while she________hide-and-seek with her friends.

• is playing

• had played

• played

• was playing

What________at 9 o’clock last night? I phoned you but couldn’t get through to you.

• did you do

• were you doing

• would you do

• had you done

I _______ my old teacher last week.

• visited

• visit

• am visiting

• have visited

Lan________ learning English a few years ago.

• starts

• will start

• started

• is starting

Paul noticed a job advertisement while he________along the street.

• was walking

• would walk

• walked

• had walked

I haven’t met him again since we________school ten years ago.

• have left

• leave

• left

• had left

While I________at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction.

• was waiting

• waited

• had waited

• were waiting

We________in silence when he suddenly________me to help him.

• walked - was asking 

• were walking - asked

• were walking - was asking

• walked - asked