Simple Past vs Past Continuous

The room (be, already) ____ full of students

Yuki (stay) at home because she (catch) a bad cold two days ago

I (slip) ____ on the ice while I (cross) ____ the street in front of the dorm

I (hear, not) ____ the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep) ____

It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine) ____

I don't remember Carol. What (she, wear) ____?

In a few minutes, the teacher (walk) ____ into the room and all the multilingual conversation (stop) ____

While Mrs. Emerson (read) ____ the little boy a story, he (fall) ____ asleep, so she (close) ____ the book

I (call) ____ Roger at nine last night, but he (be, not) ____ at home. He (study) ____ at the library

I am sitting in class right now. I (sit) ____ in class at this exact same time yesterday

How (you, break) ____ your arm?

A cool breeze was blowing. The birds (sing) ____

My brother and sister (argue) ____ about something when I (walk) ____ into the room

A: Why weren’t you at the meeting?B: I (wait) ____ for an overseas call from my family

Other students (speak) ____ Japanese, and some (converse) ____ in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations

A: (you, hear) ____what she just said?B: No, I (listen, not) ____. I (think) ____ about something else

I (choose) ____ an empty seat in the last row and (sit) ____ down

It was my first day of class. I (find, finally) ____ the right room

Some of the students, however, (sit, just) ____ quietly by themselves

On one side of the room, students (talk, busily) ____ to each other in Spanish