Question

Complete with the past simple or past continuous.
1.I ..... (get) ready for bed when I ..... (hear) a strange noise.
2. My mom ... (live) in London when she ... (meet) my dad.
3.What ..... (you/do) when I .... (ring) you this morning?
4.When I ...... (see) them , they ..... (go) to the sports centre.
5.She .... (make) a cake for her brother`s birthday when she ... (cut) her finger.

Answer 1

1) got
1)Heard
2)Lived
2)met
3)Were you doing 
3)Rang
4)Saw
4)Were going
5)Was making 
5)Cut

Answer 2

1. I was getting (длительное действие) ready for bed when I heard (кратковременное, прерывающее действие) a strange noise.
2. My mom was living (длительное действие) in London when she met (кратковременное, прерывающее действие) my dad.
3. What were you doing (длительное действие) when I rang (кратковременное, прерывающее действие) you this morning?
4. When I saw (кратковременное, прерывающее действие) them, they were going (длительное действие) to the sportd centre. 
5. She was making (длительное действие) a cake for her brother's birthday when she cut (кратковременное, прерывающее действие) her finger.