Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

1) Ashley (clear) the table and (do) the washing-up.

2) Nathan (not/hear) the phone ring because he (work) outside in the garden.

3) While Lydia (sing), the audience (listen) to her in amazement.

4) I (not/email) you the photos, because my computer (not/work) yesterday.

5) Someone (try) to break into the Fords’ house, when a neighbour (see) him and (call) the police.