Copy of Past continuous + Simple Past

Mom was cooking dinner when the phone __________.

A.rang

B.was ringing

C.ringed

Yesterday, I ___ ______ for the exam while listening to music.

Put this sentence in the correct order:

I ____ __________ my hair when the telephone rang.

While we _____________ a movie, the windows _____________.

We _________an accident while we ___________to work.

A.saw / drove

B.were seeing / were driving

C.saw / were driving

I ___________home when I __________Dave.

A.was walking / was meeting

B.walked / was meeting

C.was walking / met

Put the question in the correct order:

Carl ________ to eat hamburgers yesterday.

What ____ you ______ when I called you yesterday?

Put this question in the correct order:

What were you doing yesterday at 7pm?

What did you eat for dinner yesterday?

According to what you understand, what's the difference between the simple past, and the past continuous?