Помогите пожалуйста. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past...

Question

Помогите пожалуйста.
Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
1.Someone......(try) to break into the Fords` house,t\when a neighbour....(see) him and....(call) the police.
2.While Lyndia...(sing),the audience...(listen) to her in amezement.
3.Nathan...(not/hear) the phone ring because he (work) outside in the garden.
4.Ashley...(clear) the table and...(do) the washing-up.

Answer 1

1) Somebody was trying to break into the Fords house when a neighbour saw him and called the police.
2)While Lyndia was singing,
the audience was listening to her in amezement.
3)Nathan didn't hear the phone ring because he was working outside in the garden.
4)Ashley cleared the table and did the washing-up.