Free Intermediate Grammar Exercise: Past Simple / Past Continuous

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

At six o'clock last night Ryoko television in her apartment.
After the lesson, I some lunch and then I went for a walk.
When I was a child I a toy that looked like a dragon.
While Sonia the film, somebody stole her jacket with her passport in it.
At seven fifteen this morning, I down the High Street when I saw my teacher, David.
I looked in the classroom and saw five students. They a magazine article on the wall.
The robber quickly picked up the money, ran to the door and out onto the street.
While I was doing my homework last night, the telephone . It was my mother calling me with some good news.
While the police were looking for the murderer, he the country with a false passport.
At the concert, all the parents politely to the children trying to play their instruments.
When Samuel arrived home from work, just after midninght, his wife for him with an angry expression on her face.
Last night, between ten o'clock and midninght, I could clearly hear the couple in the flat next to mine. They an argument about what to watch on TV.

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