Past Simple or Past Continuous?

When the phone rang,he____it.

What______at 9 o"clock last night?

I was watcing TV while my wife _______dinner.

When I ____down,the chair broke.

John ______to the radio,when the batteries ran out.

I _________ 911 when i saw the accident.

She _________the road when we saw her.

We _____when we were living in Italy.

He______ and walked into the room.

Peter______while his sister was sunbathing.