Past Simple or Past Continuous

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I was in my last year at school. While I waited 0 was waiting.... for

my exam results, I decided ✓ to find a job for the summer. I finished
1 ________ the exams at the beginning of June and then I was
phoning 2________ several different companies to ask if they had 3
_______ any work. In the end I found 4________ a job on the
railways. On the first day, an inspector told 5________ me that there
was 6________ other students like me who worked 7________
temporarily at the station.

I was a porter. When passengers were coming 8________ to the

station with a lot of bags, I offered 9________ to help them. Usually
they were saying 10 ________ 'yes', so I carried 11 ________ their
bags to the train. Sometimes, before the train was arriving
12________ at the station, the passengers asked 13________ me
questions: 'Do you work here all the time?', 'Are you a student?', and
so on. I explained 14________ that I was a student and that I was
working 15________ on the railways just for the summer. When the
train was stopping 16________ at the platform, I put 17________
the bags in the compartment.
While I was working 18________ at the station, I was meeting 19
________another student called Tony. I thought 20________ he was
very pleasant, and he was liking 21________ me. One day, when we
talked 22 ________ about holidays, Tony said 23________ that Italy
was a wonderful place and that he wanted 24________ to go there
again. We were deciding 25________ to go together at the end of the
summer so we bought 26________ tickets to go to Rome.

The thing that I remember best was the day that we visited 27
________ the Sistine Chapel. When we arrived 28________, it
rained 29________ and inside there were 30________ not very
much light. Suddenly, while we were looking 31 ________ at the
paintings, the rain stopped 32________ and sunlight came
33________ into the Chapel through the high windows. This was
making 34________ a fantastic difference and we saw 35________
Michelangelo's work in all its glory.