1 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). 11. It ________________________ (be) a day last September. The sun ________________________ (shine), the birds ________________________ (sing). I ________________________ (walk) along the street when I ________________________ (meet) an old friend. 12. He ________________________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution ________________________ (start). 13. When her train ________________________ (get) to the station, we ________________________ (wait) on the platform. 14. He ________________________ (be) so annoying! He ________________________ (always / leave) his things everywhere. 15. On holiday we ________________________ (visit) Rome, ________________________ (see) the Vatican, and ________________________ (spend) a few days at the beach.