Simple Past vs. Past Continuous

The children ___ TV when I got home.

• were watching

• watching

• watched

Yesterday, I was walking home when I ___ Peter.

• was seeing

• seeing

• saw

I always play tennis from 9 to 11 on Saturday. So, last Saturday, at 10 I ___ tennis.

• was playing

• playing

• played

Mum ___ dinner when dad ___ home.

• cooked / arrived

• was cooking / was arriving

• was cooking / arrived

What ___ yesterday evening? I phoned you but nobody answered.

• you were doing

• you did

• were you doing

I ___ off the stairs while I ___ to get a book from the top shelf.

• fell / tried

• was falling / was trying

• fell / was trying

While they ___ in town, they ___ some beautiful building.

• were sightseeing / saw

• sightsaw / saw

• were sightseeing / were seeing

The children ___ in the sea when someone ___ a shark coming to the shore.

• were swimming / was seeing

• were swimming / saw

• swam / saw

I ___ doing an exam at school when there ___ a power cut.

• was doing / was

• was doing / was being

• did / was

We ___ football when mum ___ us for dinner.

• played / called

• were playing / was calling

• were playing / called