Past Simple or Past Continuous

It _______ to rain while they _______ for the bus.(start, wait)

When you ______ at the party, who ______ there?(arrive,be)

Mr Black ________ in the garden at 10pm last night.(not/work)

While they _________ home they ______ an accident. (go, have)

John _______ asleep while he _______ a book. (fall,read)

She ________ very fast and she _______ the tree. (run, not see)

I ________ my book so much that I ________ that the train had stopped.(enjoy,not/notice)

I ________ along the road when I ________ an old friend.(walk,meet)

When I ______ Kate, she _____ a black dress. (meet, wear)

When I _____ Martha at the party she _____ to Juliet. (see, not talk)