Usage Examples Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

• What were they doing when you arrived at the party? -
• Who did you see at the train station? -
• Where was Rob going when he lost his phone? -
• Were you sleeping when everything happened? -
• My mother was cooking for five hours on Sunday. -
• Why was Lucy smoking at the party? -
• I went to Tokyo last month. -
• We were playing tennis when Alex hurt his wrist. -
• Was your grandmother working when she met your grandfather? -
• Which song were you singing when I came in? -
• I was studying at the library all day yesterday. -
• Where was your cousin born? -
• You weren't dancing at noon yesterday. -
• When I woke up, it was snowing. -
• Lisa was studying when Joe called her. -
• Someone took a picture of Tom while he was sitting on a bench. -
• My granddad went to see a doctor on Friday. -
• Were they studying at this time yesterday? -
• The children were playing in the park when it started to rain. -
• Just as Ted was finishing his homework, he remembered another exercise he had to do. -