Past simple and past continuous

1 The last time they spoke to Marina she was working in a bar.
2 The teacher explained the exercise to us but we weren't listening.
3 While I was shopping were there any calls for me?
4 It started to rain while we were playing football.
5 My mobile phone rang while I was cooking.
6 I fell asleep while I was watching TV.
7 Were you doing something important when I phoned you?
8 I didn't go out last night because I was studying.

Exercise 1 Vocabulary tourism

1 There were a lot of tourists in our hotel
2 I always wanted to be a tour guide because I love showing people my city
3 We went on a guided tour around the churches of Rome
4 They saw a lot of tourist attractions, including the History Museum and the
National Art Gallery
5 I really enjoyed the boat trip down the River Nile
6 The best thing about Corsica is the scenery, which includes mountains,
beaches and forests
7 Our boat took us under a waterfall, which was probably fifty metres high