II. Complete these sentences, using the past simple progressive or the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. Flight 201 (fly) was flying from London to New York when it suddenly (meet) met a big storm and (drop) dropped 15 000 feet. The plane (carry) was carrying over 300 passengers and a crew of 17.
2. The doorbell (ring) rang while Tom (watch) was watching TV.
3. How fast (you drive) were you driving when the accident (happen) happened?
4. Anna and Susan (make) were making dinner when Martin (arrive) arrived home.
5. The light (go out) went out while we (have) were having dinner. But it (come) came on again after about ten minutes.
6. What (you do) were you doing at this time yesterday? – I (work) was working on the computer.
7. It suddenly (begin) began to rain while Laura (sit) was sitting in the garden.
8. I (walk) was walking on the street one day when someone (hit) hit me in the back. I (turn) turned round to find that it was my old friend