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. Andrew when I was getting ready to go out. (arrive)
2. The phone rang while I a bath. (have)
3. I first met my wife when I in Berlin. (study)
4. When I looked out of the window it . (rain)
5. I stopped because the car a funny noise. (make)
6. My brother his leg while he was skiing last week. (break)
7. Where were you going when I you yesterday? (see)
8. When I was cleaning the house I some old love letters. (find)
9. The accident while we into Copenhagen. (happen/ drive)
10. I all my money when I from Istanbul to Athens. (lose/ travel)
11. When I her she reading. (see/ sit)
12. The lights all while we supper. (go out/ have)
13. When I the train, I my ticket onto the railway line. (get off/ drop)