Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

1. A: How (the Pilgrims\survive) their first winter?
B: The natives (teach) them how to hunt and grow crops.
2. A: Who (kill) Alexender the Great?
B: Nobody. He (die) of a fever.
3. A: (the children\watch) TV when you called?
B: No. They (have) lunch.
4. A: Einstein (not\start) to speak until he was three years old.
B: Really? I (not\know) that.
5. A: How (you\burn) the chips?
B: The phone (ring) when I (cook) them.