While and When - Past Continuous or Past Simple

Choose the correct past continuous and past simple forms to complete the sentences below

1. While Mike
   his bike,
   1. was riding
   2. rode
2. he
   1. was falling
   2. fell
3. While he
   TV,
   1. was watching
   2. watched
4. he
   asleep on the armchair
   1. fell
   2. was falling
5. When Amanda
   her ice cream,
   1. dropped
   2. was dropping
6. she
   to cry
   1. started
   2. start
7. Ted
   his car yesterday
   1. crashed
   2. was crashing
8. when he
   to park it
   1. tried
   2. was trying
9. It
   heavily
   1. was raining
   2. rained
10. when they
    1. were meeting
    2. met
11. While Charles
    the plants,
    1. watered
    2. was watering
12. his wife
    flowers
    1. was planting
    2. planted
13. I
    the guitar
    1. played
    2. was playing
14. when my brother
    in
    1. was coming
    2. came
15. They
    the mountain
    1. were climbing
    2. climbed
16. when they
    an avalanche
    1. were seeing
    2. saw
17. My sister
    the homework
    1. did
    2. was doing
18. when the light
    out
    1. was going
    2. went
19. John and Peter
    in class
    1. talked
    2. were talking
20. when the teacher
    in
    1. came
    2. was coming
21. We
    in the swimming-pool
    1. swam
    2. were swimming
22. while our Mum
    1. sunbath
    2. was sunbathing
23. My cat
    milk
    1. drank
    2. was drinking
24. when the dog
    1. was appearing
    2. appeared
25. I
    for the exam
    1. was revising
    2. revised
26. when you
    1. was calling
    2. called
27. My friend
    to music
    1. was listening
    2. listened
28. when his cat
    on a sofa
    1. jumped
    2. was jumping
29. Most people
    1. slept
    2. were sleeping
30. when the tsunami
    1. was hitting
    2. hit
31. My brother and I
    a flower
    1. planted
    2. were planting
32. while our friends
    the leaves
    1. were raking
    2. raked
33. The sun
    1. was shining
    2. shone
34. and the wind
    1. blew
    2. was blowing
35. I
    the fence
    1. fixed
    2. was fixing
36. when I
    a cloud of black smoke
    1. was noticing
    2. noticed
37. They
    TV
    1. watched
    2. were watching
38. when the fire
    out
    1. broke
    2. was breaking
39. The wind
    1. blew
    2. was blowing
40. and the trees
    1. were swaying
    2. swayed
41. Peter
    on the beach
    1. was walking
    2. walked
42. when he
    a huge wave
    1. saw
    2. were seeing
43. Simon
    1. danced
    2. was dancing
44. when he
    and hurt his leg
    1. was falling
    2. fell
45. It
    1. rained
    2. was raining
46. while I
    for the bus
    1. was waiting
    2. waited
47. Liz
    the windows
    1. was cleaning
    2. cleaned
48. when I
    her
    1. was seeing
    2. saw
49. Steve
    his car
    1. was driving
    2. drove
50. when a bird
    into the windscreen
    1. flew
    2. was flying
51. While Julie
    her bedroom,
    1. was tiding
    2. tidied
52. she
    some old toys
    1. was founding
    2. found
53. They
    around
    1. looked
    2. was looking
54. and
    a puppy
    1. saw
    2. were seeing
55. They
    home
    1. were coming
    2. came
56. and
    dinner
    1. had
    2. have
57. I
    outside
    1. went
    2. was going
58. but
    anything unusual
    1. wasn’t seeing
    2. didn’t see
59. Emma
    around
    1. was turning
    2. turned
60. and
    a shadow on the wall
    1. saw
    2. was seeing
61. He
    the door
    1. opened
    2. was opening
62. and
    in
    1. walked
    2. was walking
63. She
    tea
    1. was drinking
    2. drank
64. and
    to work
    1. was setting off
    2. set off
65. Dan
    1. hoovered
    2. was hoovering
66. while Mum
    dinner
    1. was cooking
    2. cooked
67. While the teacher
    ,
    1. spoke
    2. was speaking
68. the students
    to him
    1. listened
    2. were listening