Past Continuous and Past Simple

He was _ football yesterday when it started to rain. playing play played _ at 5 o'clock yesterday? Was training Sam Were Sam training Was Sam training Jane and George _their bikes when they found the lost kitten. were riding was riding rode Mary _ watching the fashion show at 3 o'clock yesterday. weren't didn't wasn't Wendy _ to the coach very carefully, but the other players weren't. were listening was listening was listen What _ doing when you heard the news? were you was you you were While Darren and I _ playing chess, the lights went off. was were did Where _ when I saw you yesterday evening? you going were you go were you going was you going The children _ a game online when their parents came back. were playing was playing playing played The team scored the goal while I _ my baby to sleep. was putting not putting didn't put weren't putting Some players _ to the coach while others were playing with a ball. listened were listen was listening were listening Who was that man you _ to? was talking were talking talked talks Why _ last night? was the baby crying the baby was crying was crying the baby were the baby crying The footballers _ after the ball when the referee stopped the match. was running were run were running was run Put the verb in the brackets intoPast Continuous Marina was talking to her friend when the teacher came into the class. ( talk ) Some children were reading books while others were doing their homework. (read) Which match was Nick watching on TV when his parents got back home? ( Nick / watch ) Complete the sentence withwhenorwhile When the train reached the station, we were having coffee in the cafe. The children were laughing while they were watching a funny film. When we went to London, the weather was cold and wet. While Jane was cooking lunch, her children were playing in the garden. Jenny was working on her computer when the electricity went off. I was reading while Susan was talking on the phone. He shouted at me when I arrived late. Complete the sentence. Put the verbs in brackets intoPast SimpleorPast Continuous Ron was sleeping (sleep) when he heard (hear) a loud noise. What were you doing (you when I phoned (phone) you? Jenny was not doing (not her homework when Nick arrived. (arrive) Maria and Paul were playing (play) chess when their parents came (come) home. Sam and Kevin were visiting (visit) Barcelona's stadium when they saw (see) Messi. While I was cooking (cook) dinner for my parents my friend phoned (phone) me. Where were the athletes running (the athletes when you saw (see) them? Read the text and complete 1-15 with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs given. Use contractions and lower caps. Last year, I went(go) to Australia. We flew(fly) into Brisbane, but we didn't stay(not stay) there. We left(leave) the next day to an island off the east coast, and while we were sailing (sail), a group of dolphins swam(swim) very close to our boat. It was amazing! The island had(have) white sandy beaches, green forests and beautiful freshwater lakes. We stayed(stay) in a hotel on the beach and got(get) up early every day to watch the sunrise. The beach was beautiful and we enjoyed (enjoy) swimming and playing volleyball, but we didn't relax(not relax) like that everyday. We did(do) a lot of different activities. One day when we were exploring(explore) a shipwreck, we saw a shark. Luckily, it wasn't dangerous, but I was still pretty scared. Another day, while we were riding(ride) horses along the beach, we saw a whale far out in the water. At night, we went on boat trips and fed(feed) the wild dolphins. It was fantastic!