Usage Examples Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

• Were they smiling when they saw you? -
• The bird was singing in the garden when the cat attacked it. -
• Why were you crying when I met you? -
• I was standing in the line when I saw Mary. -
• Who did you see at the train station? -
• What were you doing at eight o'clock last night? -
• Where was your cousin born? -
• Anna did not mean to hurt you. -
• I was studying at the library all day yesterday. -
• My best friend graduated from the university in June. -
• I met Elisa when I was going to work. -
• We found the keys we were looking for yesterday. -
• My wife arrived when I was having a bath. -
• Bob was waiting for me for two hours yesterday. -
• Who was Alessia talking to when you saw her? -
• When I woke up, it was snowing. -
• I went to Tokyo last month. -
• Were they studying at this time yesterday? -
• I was reading when the doorbell rang. -
• Maddie came back at midnight. -