 Past simple/continuous

1. While Emma  (watch)  football on TV, Monica  (listen)  to the radio.

2. While I (walk)  down Fifth Avenue, I  (discover)  a wonderful boutique.

3. The angry little girl  (throw)  her toy onto the floor and (stamp)  her foot.

4. I (receive)  your SMS while I  (sit)  in the doctor’s waiting room.

5. When Ruth (be)  little, she  (hate)  the smell of coffee.

1) Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I   TV (to watch)

2) The police arrested the murderer when he   an old woman (to attack)
3) My uncle   all his fortune playing in casinos (to lose)
4) Yesterday it rained all day and the river almost   its banks (to burst)
5) Last night when I left the party two gangs of hooligans   (to fight)
6) Last Friday my father   to Paris to visit my brother, who works there (to go)
7) They   the new bridge in time for the Olympic Games (to finish)
8) My girlfriend didn't come with us to the cinema because she   (to study)
9) When the teacher entered the classroom the students   very loudly (to speak)
10) That terrible accident   yesterday evening (to happen)
11) Last night when the thieves   into my house I was sleeping (to break)
12) My parents   in the Cathedral of Seville 40 years ago (to get married)
13) The Socialist Party   the last elections and is now in power (to win)
14) The other day when I   tennis I hurt my leg (to play)
15) Philip   at home in very strange circumstances (to die)
16) Susan   Law in the university of Madrid (to study)
17) Yesterday when you came home I   the dog (to walk)
18) The plane   into the mountains due to the weather conditions (to crash)
19) He   late at the station and missed his train (to arrive)
20) The mother went to calm her little baby because she   (to cry)
21) My neighbour   a heart attack last year and still hasn't fully recovered (to have)
22) This morning while my friends were playing football I   my homework (to do)
23) Last summer we   to the south of Spain for our holidays (to go)
24) Yesterday night it was raining when we   the Theatre (to leave)