Past simple and past continuous

I was doing (past continuous) and

I did (past simple)

I have done (present perfect) and

I did (past simple)

Anant was reading a book. The phone rang. He stopped reading.

He answered the phone.

What happened? The phone rang, (past simple)

What was Jack doing when the phone rang? }

He was reading a book. } (Past continuous)

What did he do when the phone rang? }

Put the verbs in the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

1. Karuna broke (break) her arm last week. It ____ (happen) when she ____ (paint) her room. She ____ (fall) off the ladder.

2. The train ____ (arrive) at the station and Aruna ____ (get) off. Two of her friends, Jaya and Riya, ____ (wait) to meet her.

3. Yesterday Sonam ____ was walking ____ (walk) along the road when she ____ met ____ (meet) Amar. He ____ was going ____ (go) to the station to catch a train and he ____ was carrying ____ (carry) a bag. They ____ stopped ____ (stop) to talk for a few minutes.

Answers:

1. broke, happened, was painting, fell

2. has arrived, got, were waiting

Put the verb into the past continuous or past simple.