Past simple and Past continuous (cloze test)

I __________ (read) a book when the power suddenly __________ (go) out.

I __________ (remember) how much fun when I ____________ (be)a child.

Last Saturday, when I __________ (stay) at home, it suddenly _______ (start)raining.

I __________ (decide) to join the kid in the playground.

When I __________ (look) outside, I __________ (see) kids playing in the rain.

When, the rain __________ (pour), and I __________ (dance) around, feeling like a kid again.

While I __________ (play), I __________ (realize) that I had lost track of time.

This morning I __________ (put on) my old raincoat and __________ (run) outside.

I__________ (light) some candles and __________ (sit)by the window.

It __________ (get) dark, and I __________ (return) home, soaked but happy