Simple Past or Past Progressive?

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1. When I the house, I some old letters. (clean/ find)
2. The doorbell while I a bath. (ring/ have)
3. We an accident when we back from holiday. (have/ come)
4. When I looked out of the window I that it . (realise/ rain)
5. I my wife when we in Washington. (meet/ live)
6. I at a garage, because the car badly. (stop/ run)
7. I suddenly of you while I . (think/ wash up)
8. She to sleep while I her about my holidays. (go/ tell)
9. When I up water through the ceiling. (look/ come)