Кто шарит в английском языке, помогите с тестом. Очень нужно!

1. We __(1)__ the house when suddenly the telephone __(2)__.
(1) left
(1) were leaving
(2) rang
(2) was ringing
2. It __(1)__ the whole week and the river __(2)__ its banks
(1) rained
(1) was raining
(2) overflowed
(2) was overflowing
3. We __(1)__ our train and __(2)__ at the station until the next one __(3)__.
(1) missed
(1) were missing
(2) waited
(2) were waiting
(3) came
(3) was coming
4. Yesterday I __(1)__ the anti-virus programme to check my computer and it __(2)___ almost 3 hours.
(1) started
(1) was starting
(2) ran
(2) was running
5. While you __(1)__ I __(2)__ to cook the dinner, wash the dishes and do my home tasks.
(1) slept
(1) were sleeping
(2) managed
(2) was managing
6. The sound of the dripping tap __(1)__ me mad for a long time. I could not stand it any more and __(2)__ in a plumber.
(1) drove
(1) was driving
(2) called
(2) was calling
7. We __(1)__ that a large black cloud __(2)__ us at alarmingly high speed.
(1) saw
(1) were seeing
(2) approached
(2) was approaching
8. Nobody __(1)__ what she __(2)__ about at that moment.
(1) knew
(1) was knowing
(2) thought
(2) was thinking
9. He __(1)__ for a job for a long time when a friend of his __(2)__ him to work as a tester at his company.
(1) looked
(1) was looking
(2) suggested
(2) was suggesting
10. We __(1)__ the football match when suddenly the light __(2)__ out.
(1) watched
(1) were watching
(2) went
(2) was going
11. When I __(1)__ for the exam I __(2)__ across some excellent courses and language books.
(1) prepared
(1) was preparing
(2) came
(2) was coming
12. They __(1)__ about me when I __(2)__ their conversation.
(1) talked
(1) were talking
(2) interrupted
(2) was interrupting
13. When I __(1)__ up I __(2)__ out of the window and __(3)__ that it __(4)__.
(1) woke
(1) was waking
(2) looked
(2) was looking
(3) saw
(3) was seeing
(4) rained
(4) was raining
14. Peter __(1)__ football in the afternoon when he __(2)__ the call.
(1) played
(1) was playing
(2) got
(2) was getting
15. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some __(1)__ a magazine, a woman __(2)__ and a child __(3)__ with a doll. Suddenly the door __(4)__ and a nurse __(5)__ out.
(1) read
(1) were reading
(2) knit
(2) was knitting
(3) played
(3) was playing
(4) opened
(4) was opening
(5) came
(5) was coming