A2 Unit 5: sports (Grammar) Past simple tense vs Past continuous

I ……………………. (watch) a documentary at 9 pm last night.

• was watching

• watched

Karen was sitting in front of the TV when the power ………………. (go) off.

• was going out

• went out

We were sleeping when the telephone ..............

• was ringing

• rang

Tina ....................................when she fell and hurt her leg.

• were dancing

• was dancing

• danced

They ....................................very fast when the car hit the tree. 

• was driving
• were driving
• drove

My friend .............me while I .....................the homework

• was phoning / was doing
• phoned / was doing
• phoned / did
• were phoning / were doing

When she _____ her room, her mother called her. (clean)

• was cleaning

• cleaned

• were cleaning

• was clean

I __________ for my notebook when I saw a spider. (look)

• looked

• was looking

• was lookig

• were looked

The panda _______ bamboo leaves when I saw her. (eat)

• ate

• eated

• was eating

• eaten

My computer crashed ........................ I was surfing on the Internet. (crash)

• while

• when