Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous of the verbs.
The young man was vandalising/vandalised the statue when the police caught him.
At midday yesterday, the guard walked/was walking around the building.
A thief was stealing/stole a valuable painting from the art gallery last week.
The students weren't spraying/didn't spray paint on the school walls yesterday.
Alexander the Great was becoming/became the King of Macedonia.
Sarah sat/was sitting on a chair while Thomas was painting her portrait.
The photographer was taking/took pictures at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
The burglar unlocked/was unlocking the door and escaped from the building.
Ted wasn't going/didn't go to the art exhibition yesterday.
Did/were Ken go/going to the art exhibition yesterday?