Narrative tenses; Continuous aspect in other tenses

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Which tense is correct? Tom walked / was walking home when someone called / was calling out his name

Tom was walking home when someone called out his name.

Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.) When she was getting home: her husband was watching football on television.

Wrong When she got home: her husband was watching football on television.

Which tense is correct? When John phoned / was phoning, I wrote / was writing an essay. I finished / was finishing it at midnight.

When John phoned , I was writing an essay. I finished it at midnight.

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