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What time (did your parents wake / were your parents waking) you up in the morning?

What time did your parents wake you up in the morning?

Cathy (broke/was breaking) her favourite cup while she (washed/was washing) the dishes.

Cathy broke her favourite cup while she was washing the dishes.

He (fell/was falling) off a ladder while he (changed/was changing) a light bulb.

He fell off a ladder while he was changing a light bulb.

At 6 p.m. yesterday, I (sat/was sitting)on the bus.

At 6 p.m. yesterday, I was sitting on the bus.

He (wrote/was writing) an essay when the lights (went/were going) out.

He was writing an essay when the lights went out.

Last year, we (visited/were visiting) Barcelona and Paris.

Last year, we visited Barcelona and Paris.

Why (didn't you come/weren't you coming) to my party on Sunday?

Why didn't you come to my party on Sunday?

I (didn't wash/wasn't washing) the dishes between two and three o'clock.

I wasn't washing the dishes between two and three o'clock.

At two o'clock yesterday, Mike (watched/was watching) his favourite series.

At two o'clock yesterday, Mike was watching his favourite series.

(Did you run/Were you running) in the park when you (met/was meeting) your friend?

Were you running in the park when you met your friend?

Tom (didn't have/wasn't having) a job last year. It (took/was taking) him a few months to find a new one.

Tom didn't have a job last year. It took him a few months to find a new one.

How much money (did you save/were you saving) for your holidays last year?

How much money did you save for your holidays last year?

They (moved/were moving) to New York last month.

They moved to New York last month.

Students (wrote/were writing) their history exam when the bell (rang/was ringing).

Students were writing their history exam when the bell rang.

She (came/was coming) into the classroom and (sat/was sitting) at the desk.

She came into the classroom and sat at the desk.

When I (saw/was seeing) Max yesterday, he (shopped/was shopping) for clothes in the shopping centre.

When I saw Max yesterday, he was shopping for clothes in the shopping centre.

When he (came/was coming) back from school, his mum (cooked/was cooking) dinner.

When he came back from school, his mum was cooking dinner.

We (tried/were trying) to reach him all day yesterday.

We were trying to reach him all day yesterday.

(Did he eat/Was he eating) lunch when the boss (asked/was asking) him to come to the office?

Was he still eating lunch when the boss asked him to come to the office?

We (sat/were sitting) in a restaurant when we (heard/were hearing) on the radio about the demonstration in the city centre.

We were sitting in a restaurant when we heard on the radio about the demonstration in the city centre.

When the teacher (entered/was entering) the classroom, the students (didn't work/weren't working) in pairs. They (played/were playing) on their mobile phones.

When the teacher entered the classroom, the students weren't working in pairs. They were playing on their mobile phones.

He (sent/was sending) ten emails while he (had/was having) his breakfast.

He sent ten emails while he was having his breakfast.

Kate (had/was having) long blond hair when she (was/was being) in high school.

Kate had long blond hair when she was in high school.

It (rained/was raining) heavily while we (drove/were driving) to London.

It was raining heavily while we were driving to London.

Mary (saw/was seeing) a terrible car accident while she (waited/was waiting) for a bus.

Mary saw a terrible car accident while she was waiting for a bus.

Shakespeare (wrote/was writing) many plays during his lifetime.

Shakespeare wrote many plays during his lifetime.

When his friends (visited/were visiting) him, he (revised/was revising) for his biology exam.

When his friends visited him, he was revising for his biology exam.

(Did he finish/Was he finishing) all the exercises during the lesson?

Did he finish all the exercises during the lesson?

When I (walked/was walking) into the building, I (saw/was seeing) many people at the reception desk.

When I walked into the building, I saw many people at the reception desk.

As the baby (slept/was sleeping), his mum (decided/was deciding) to take a shower in the meantime.

As the baby was sleeping, his mum decided to take a shower in the meantime.

What (did she do/was she doing) at 8 p.m. yesterday? She (worked/was working) on her homework?

What was she doing at 8 p.m. yesterday? She was working on her homework?