Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

.She __________________ (read) a book when I called her.

• read

• was reading

• were reading

• is reading

He __________________________ (study) for the exam all evening

• was studying

• studies

• studied

• were study

The kids __________________________ (run) in the park at 5 PM.

• ran

• was running

• were running

• runs

He _______________ (fish) by the river when a huge fish _______________ (pull) on his line

• was fishing, pulled

• is fishing, pull

• was fishing, was pulling

• was fishing, pulls

They ______________________ (play) soccer when it started to rain.

• plays

• was playing

• were playing

• played

She ______________________ (cook) dinner while he set the table.

• cooked

• was cooking

• cooks

• were cooking

We ________________ (watch) a movie when the power ________________ (go) out.

• watched, goes

• are watching, went

• was watching, was going

• were watching, went

They ________________ (dance) at the party when the music ________________ (stop).

• was dancing, stops

• danced, stopped

• are dancing, stopped

• were dancing, stopped

We ______________________ (wait) for the bus when it started to snow.

• waited

• wait

• were waiting

• was waiting

He __________________________ (play) the guitar while she sang.

• played

• was playing

• plays

• were playing