Fill in the blanks with the Past Continuous or Past Simple tense of the verbs in parentheses.

Past Continuous and Past Simple

1. 1 I was writing letters all day yesterday.
2. 2 You were talking on the phone for hours.
3. 3 They did not do much business before lunch.
4. 4 Sally did not speak to me all week.
5. 5 It was raining all night.
6. 6 What did you do when I phoned you yesterday?
7. 7 What were you watching TV when it happened?
8. 8 What were she wearing at the party?
9. 9 Ben and Kate were playing computer games all morning.
10. 10 We were studying all afternoon.