8. Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous or the past simple.

Last night I 1) had a wonderful dream. This is what I 2) dreamed: We 3) were taking a trip to Hawaii. I 4) was with my family and two of my friends. We 5) were on a ship and we 6) were travelling to Honolulu.

On the ship there 7) was a party. We 8) sat on nice comfortable seats and we 9) drank exotic juices. Lots of people 10) were dancing and the music 11) was playing loudly. We 12) were having a lot of fun! When the ship 13) arrived in Honolulu, a man 14) was waiting to take us to our hotel. The hotel where we 15) stayed was by a beach lined with palm trees. Drums 16) were beating and people on the beach 17) were singing and 18) were dancing to the music. The music 19) got louder and louder until I 20) heard a ringing sound. It 21) was my alarm clock! It 22) was 7 o’clock and time to get up for school.

Past simple обозначает завершённые действия и события, а past continuous — действия, происходившие в определённый момент или одновременно с другим событием.