Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

I .................... with my son when you ....................

• played, called

• was playing, were calling

• was playing, called

• played, were calling

The doorbell .................... while I ..................... a bath.

• rang, was having

• was ringing, was having

• was ringing, had

As I ........................ for bus, I ............................. Joe crossing the road.

• waited, saw

• was waiting, saw

• waited, was seeing

Yesterday, I ....................... to the movies with my wife.

• was going

• went

• had gone

When I was a child, we ................ our own amusements.

• were making

• made

• have made

When we .................... home, we discovered that water .......................... down the walls.

• reached, ran

• reached, was running

• was reaching, was running

It ........................ while I .......................... in Mumbai.

• was happening, was living

• happened, was living

• happened, lived

I .................... in Rome for ten years while I ................. a child.

• lived, was

• was living, was

• lived, had been

Who .......................... you that watch?

• was giving

• gave

• had given

When I ......................... into the office, everybody ...................

• was walking

• walked, worked

• walked, was working