Past Simple / Past Continuous

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I lay / was lying on the beach when suddenly it started / was starting raining

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I read / was reading a book when you called me / were calling me at 4 o’clock yesterday.

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The first time I was seeing / saw my boyfriend, he danced / was dancing at a party

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We were having / had lunch when the door opened.

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It was a sunny day. I left / was leaving home. Suddenly the postman was knocking / knocked on the door

My computer __________(crash) when I __________(do) my homework last night

I _______(watch) a film when my mum ______(get) home yesterday.

 It ____ (rain) when I woke up this morning.

 I burned myself when I ___________ (make) breakfast.

A friend _______ (text) me when I was walking to school.

My mother was sitting _________(sit) alone by the fire, waiting for her baby to arrive.