Past Simple vs Past Continious

The boys (play) football, when they (hear) a loud bang.

They (watch) TV the whole evening yesterday.

Marry (take) a lot of pictures when she (be) in Paris.

I (see) an old lady who (wear) a horrible dress.

Who (be) that man, who (stand) next to your sister.

I .... over the phone when they brought me the letter.

The musician ...... the piano when we came in.

She.....because she couldn't find her dog.

I saw Paul at the airport. He ___________ for his brother’s plane to arrive from Canada.

Jane (to read) the magazine from five till six o'clock last evening.

Who entered the room when you( to watch) television ?

When my father (to come) home, I (to have) dinner.

When Alice (to return) , I (to listen) to the radio.

Peter (to work) in the garden when I came to see him.

When I ( see) Jane,she ( clean) up the flat.

Jane (wait) for the bus for half an hour.

She (work) when I (phone) her.

We (sit) in the park,when it (start) raining.

We (drive) home when the police (stop) us.

Who (he / talk) to when we (arrive) ?

What (you / do) when I ( phone) you?

When we (come) to the beach, a lot of people (swim) in the river.