Past simple / past continuous

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. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
1) When I at the concert hall, everybody fun. (arrive; have)
2) While we the horror film, we a noise in the garden. (watch; hear)
3) I a bath when I your SMS. (have; receive)
4) As I , I my hand. (clap; hurt)
5) The teacher his temper when I to him. (lose; apologise)
6) My mother in town when I her. (shop; call)
7) The man at 160 kilometres per hour when the police him. (drive; stop)
8) When I for the test, I asleep. (revise; fall)
9) As the thief away, he the bag with the stolen money.
10) The teacher in the classroom just when I him in front of the blackboard. (come; parody)