Past Simple vs Past Continuous

We really ____________ (enjoy) the game last Sunday.

• enjoyed

• enjoying

• were enjoying

The kids _______________ (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

• played

• were playing

• playing

Jon and Bill were washing the car when they __________ (see) their friend Alex

• were seeing

• saw

• did see

George ________________(fall) off the ladder while he ______________(paint) the wall.

• was falling, was painting

• fell, painted

• was falling, painted

• fell, was painting

Last night I _________________(read) in the bed when I suddenly _______________ (hear) a scream.

• read, heard

• was reading, heard

• read, was hearing

• was reading, was hearing

_______________________(you watch) TV when I_______________ (call) you?

• Were you watching, called

• Did you watch, called

• Were watching, was calling

• Did you watch, was calling

While Tom (play) _____________the piano, his mother (do) _____________ the washing-up.

• played | was doing

• was playing | did

After I brushed my teeth I __________ (go) to bed.

• Went

• Was going

• go

My computer ________________ (break down) yesterday.

• broke down

• was breaking down

I _________________ (have) a shower when the phone rang.

• had

• was having