Past Tenses with Wallace and Gromit

My Pre-Intermediate coursebook introduces  Past Simple and Past Continuous Tenses through the story of Nick Park and the day when his warehouse was destroyed by fire. For those of you who may not know his name, it will be enough to look at the picture of these two buddies:

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He is the genius behind the clay empire. Even if you didn't watch it, you probably know these crazy inventors. My students (13-14 year-olds) were also fascinated by them so I decided to act along the lines of conneced classroom philosophy (insert fancy term - check!) and devised a simple task. They have to watch Wallace and Gromit episode called "The wrong trousers" and complete the sentences with either Past Simple or Coninuous according to what happens in the animation.

Here are the sentences

1. 5.50 While Gromit was knitting, the door bell rang.
2. 9.00 When the penguin went outside, Gromit __________________________________
3. 9.33 As Gromit was having breakfast, Penguin _________________________________
4. 11.00 Gromit left home, when it_____________________________________________
5. 13.11 As Gromit was reading the ads, he ______________________________________
6. 13.50 Penguin was controlling the trousers, when Gromit_________________________
7. 17.14 When Penguin returned home, Wallace __________________________________
8. 22.20 Penguin was lifting up the diamond, when it _____________________________-
9. 25.15 As penguin was riding a train, Gromit ___________________________________
10. 27.50 As Gromit was reading newspaper, Wallace ______________________________

To avoid confusion, I inserted the precise time in the video when the action is happening.

Enjoy the video and the activity!