PAST SIMPLE OR PROGRESSIVE (HOTPOT)

Here's a Cloze exercise I have created using HotPotatoes. You must fill in the blanks with the correct form of the past simple or the past progressive. You have 2 minutes so hurry up!!

write the verbs in brackets in the past simple or past progressive tense

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Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1.- When we (go) out, it (rain) heavily
2.- I (go) along the street when a man who (come) in front of me (steal) my purse
3.- She (cook) lunch when her husband (phone) and (tell) her he would be late
4.- Tom (phone) me from London a few minutes ago and (tell) me it (rain) a lot there
5.- They (travel) by train very peacefully when it (crash) against a cow
6.- My father (watch) television when he (ask) me how I (do) at school
7.- We (have) breakfast at 8 am yesterday when our neighbours (knock) on our door and invited us to have lunch with them
8.- My wife (cook) dinner while I (work) on the computer
9.- While we (go) to the airport to get the plane to Berlin we (see) a terrible accident
10.- While I (listen) to the radio I (hear) my father speaking in a program