Past simple and pas continuous. complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous of the words in brackets. 1. i (not talk) when the teacher arrived. 2. we were eating when my friend (phone). 3. while i was walking home,it ) to rain. 4. the earhquake happened while people ). 5. while mum was driving home,she ) an accident. 6. a lot of tourists ) thailand when the tsunami happened.