Past continuous vs. Past simple

While I_________ (cook) dinner last night, a friend _________ (call) and I ________ (burn) the food.

• WAS COOKING / CALLED/ BURNED

• WERE COOKING/ CALLED/ BURNED

• COOKED/ WAS CALLING/ BURNED

• WAS COOKING/ CALLED/ WAS BURNING

My father______ (ski) when he ________(break) his leg in several places.

• WAS SKIING/

  BROKEN

• SKIED/ WAS BREAKING

• WAS SKIING/ BROKE

• WAS SKIING/ BREAKS

We________ (have) our first child while we_________ (live) in a tiny apartment.

While I ________ (drive) in England a few years ago, I____________ (realize) I was on the wrong side of the road!

• DROVE/ REALIZED

• WAS DRIVING/ REALIZED

• WAS DRIVING/ WAS REALIZING

• WERE DRIVING/ WERE REALIZING

Once I_______ (read) a good book, but someone______ (tell) me the ending.

My parents_______ (meet) each other while they ________ (work) at the same restaurant in Vancouver.

• WERE MEETING/ WORKED

• MEET/ WERE WORKING

• MET/ WERE WORKING

• WERE MEETING/ WERE WORKING

COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION:

A: What happened to you?

B: I______ (fall) while I _________ (jog) in the park

• FELL/ WAS JOGGING

• WAS FALLING/ JOGGED

• WAS FALLING/ WAS JOGGING

• FELL/ JOGGED

A: _________ YOU_______(SEE) THE STORM YESTERDAY?

B: YES! IT ________ (START) WHILE I ________ (DRIVE) TO WORK.

• ARE SEEING/ STARTED/ I WAS DRIVING

• DID SEE/ STARTED/ WAS DRIVING

• DID SEE/ WAS STARTING/ WAS DRIVING

• WERE SEEING/ WAS STARTING/ WAS DRIVING

A: We finally_____ (move) to a larger aparment.

B: That's good. I know you _________ (live) in a tiny place when your daughter _______ (be) born.

• WERE MOVING/ LIVE/ WERE

• MOVED/ LIVED/ WAS

• WERE MOVING/ LIVED/ WAS

• MOVED/ WERE LIVING/ WAS

My sister_______ (text) while she ________(drive), and she almost __________(crash) her car.