Fill in the blanks with simple past tense or past continuous

tense.

Yesterday, after I (eat) __________________ dinner, I (wash) _______________

the dishes when the phone (ring) ________________. It (be) _______________
Charlie. He (use) ______________ his cell phone. He (tell )______________
me that he (be) _______________ in a conference. I (stop) _____________
what I (do) ___________ and (listen) _______________ to Charlie. He (say)
_____________ that they (talk) _______________ about how
Agatha Christie wrote her mystery novels.

I (ask) ____________ him if he (be) ___________ outside the conference room,

maybe having a smoke or something like that, but he (tell) ____________ me he
(sit) ______________ inside the auditorium. I (cant) ______________ believe
it, he (talk) ________________ to me while the man in charge (give)
____________ speech about a famous Best Sellers writers. How impolite!

He (tell)___________ me that the speaker was really boring, and that almost half
of the audience (do) ______________ something else. For example, the girls
next to him (fix) _____________ their nails, two guys in front of him (fill in)
_______________ a crossword puzzle, and somebody else (read)
_____________ a book).

While we (talk) ________________, I (hear) _______________ a weak voice

saying, Sir, are you talking on the phone while I am speaking?. Suddenly, the
line (go) ______________ dead. I (hang up) _____________ the phone and (go)
____________ back to the kitchen to finish washing the dishes.