PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

I                  [was falling down, felt, fell down]while I           [went, was going, go] down the stairs.

He             [was driving, drove, drive] when the police               [was stopping, stopped, were stopping] him.

It             [snowed, was snowing, snow] when we              [were leaving, left, leave] home.

I                [didn't answer, wasn't answer, no answer] because I             [was working, worked, work].

This morning I                [was getting up, getting up, got up] and I            [made, make, was making] breakfast for everybody.

When I            [was seeing, saw, seen] her, she             [wears, was wearing, wore]a really nice purple dress.

Last Saturday we                 [was getting up, were getting up, got up]and              [were missing, missed, was missing] the train.

I               [wasn't saying, didn't say, said]hello because you              [were walking, walked, was walking] very fast.

I               [was sleeping, slept, were sleeping] when a loud noise                   [woke me up, was walking me up, waked me up].

What                [was you doing, did you do, were you doing] when I             [call, called, was calling] you last night?

After the conference, I ___ that a man ___ the walls of the building.

He was so angry that he _____ and _____.

I _____ the vase while I _____ the bookshelf.

As soon as we walked into the room, we _____ a noise. Someone ______ my computer.

The bus in which the football team ____ had an accident, but nobody ____.

I _____ the party, but Sonia _____ to leave.

The police _____ him while he ______ to escape.

We _____ what to do, so we just called the police and ______.

When I last _____ her she ______ high-heeled shoes.

The sun _______, so we _____ our clothes and got into the water.

Fill in the gaps with the correct past continuous and past simple forms of the verbs in brackets.

When I              [arrived, was arriving]at the station, Raimond             [was waiting, waited]for me. He             [wore, was wearing] a nice black suit and he             [held, was holding]a red rose in his right hand. When I                 [got off, was getting off] the train, he             [ran, was running]up to me and 7             [kissed, was kissing]me passionately.

It 8             [rained, was raining] heavily so he                [took off, was taking off] his jacket and 1             [was putting, put] it over my head. I             [was telling, told]Raimond to go to a café so that we could talk, but he 1               [insisted, was insisting]on going to another place.

While he 1             [was driving, drove], I 14              [was throwing, threw] a look at him. He 1             [was smiling, smiled], but he also             [looked, was looking]nervous.

He finally              [was stopping, stopped] his car on the top of a hill with fantastic views. It was so wonderful. We                 [got out, was getting out] of the car, and he 19              [was kneeling, kneeled] in front of me and 2            [took, was taking] a ring out of his pocket. “Kathy, will you...” he said. “Listen, Raimond, I want to break up with you,” I interrupted.