PAST SIMPLE vs PAST PROGRESSIVE

GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN PAST PROGRESSIVE OR PAST SIMPLE
1) I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) ……………… brightly when Tom came at 7.00.
2) When I arrived, the teacher (write) …………… on the board.
3) She was making a cake when the fire (go) …………. out.
4) Jerry (watch) ………………TV when the phone rang.
5) Ann and Lora were writing to their friends when Thomas (go) ……… into their room.
6) While Hoa was having dinner, Bao (read) ………… novels.
7) When the mailman (come) ………………, her family was having lunch.
8) At nine o’clock yesterday evening, my friends and I (do) ……………our homeworks.
9) At the same time two weeks ago, Liz (talk) …………….on the phone.
10)The crowd was cheering when Nam (win) ……………the race.
11)While Hoa was eating, the phone (ring)……………….
12)Mrs. Thoa (cook) ………………when Mrs. Smith arrived.
13)Yesterday, while my dad (visit) ……………… the Statue of Liberty, my sister went
shopping.
14)The lava (pour) …………….out when we flew overhead.
15)I (wait) …………… for my friend outside the stadium whe he arrived.
16)I was in the country with my grandfather some weeks ago. One night I (walk)
…………….along a country road when suddenly I (hear) ……………footsteps behind me.
Then I (start) ………….to run.
17)Mrs. Smith (invite) …………… Mrs. Quyen to have dinner while Mrs. Quyen (visit)
………… the USA.
18)Mrs. Quyen (do) …………….shopping while Mr. Thanh (attend) ………… a business
meeting.
19)How fast …………… (the girl / ride) when the accident (happen) ………… ?
20)I (go) …………….to the post office to receive a parcel yesterday. While I (fill out)
……… the form , one of my old friends (slap) ………….me on my shoulder. I (be)
……….so happy to see him.
21)Yesterday, Tuan (ask) ……………me to go to the station with him, but I (not / want)
………….to leave the house because I (wait) ………… for a phone call.
22)During the study period in class yesterday, it (be) ………………hard for us to concentrate

because the student next door (make) …………… so much noise.