Practice using past simple vs past continuous

Choose the past simple or past continuous:

1. What ________________________ (you / do) when I ________________________ (call) you last night?

2. I ________________________ (sit) in a café when you ________________________ (call).

3. When you ________________________ (arrive) at the party, who ________________________ (be) there?

4. Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she ________________________ (hear) the noise.

5. Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I ________________________ (have) a swim, later I ________________________ (meet) Julie for a coffee.

6. We ________________________ (play) tennis when John ________________________ (hurt) his ankle.

7. What ________________________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It ________________________ (be) really noisy.

8. He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone ________________________ (ring).

9. He ________________________ (be) in the shower when the telephone ________________________ (ring). 10. When I ________________________ (walk) into the room, everyone ________________________ (work).