Past continuous and past simple

I ________ (watch) TV when the phone ________ (ring).

• was watching, rung

• was watching, rang

• watching, rung

• watched, rang

She ________ (read) a book while he ________ (play) video games.

• reads, plays

• are reading, are playing

• reading, playing

• is reading, is playing

When I arrived, they ________ (have) dinner.

• had

• was having

• have had

• were having

He ________ (work) at that company for five years before he got promoted.

• works

• will work

• had worked

• was working

While I ________ (study) for my exam, my roommate ________ (listen) to music.

• was studying, listened

• study, listens

• was studying, was listening

• studied, was listening

They ________ (talk) about their vacation when the power suddenly ________ (go) out.

• were talking, went

• talking, goes

• talked, goes

• was talking, went

She ________ (cook) dinner when the guests ________ (arrive).

• was cooking, arrived

• cooks, arrived

• was cooking, arrives

• cooked, arrived

I ________ (walk) to the store when it ________ (start) raining.

• was walking, started

• was walking, starts

• walk, starts

• walked, started

He ________ (live) in New York for ten years before he moved to California.

• will live

• was living

• had lived

• has lived

While she ________ (clean) the house, her kids ________ (play) outside.

• cleaning, are playing

• clean, playing

• cleans, plays

• cleaned, played