Complete the text with the verbs in the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
The band 1 _______________ (practise) when the phone 2 _______________ (ring). Dave, the guitarist, 3 _______________ (answer) the phone. It 4 _______________ (be) a music producer offering them a contract to make an album with his company! While Dave 5 _______________ (talk) to the producer, the other band members 6 _______________ (not listen) to the conversation. When Dave 7 _______________ (put) the phone down and 8 _______________ (tell) his friends, they were all very excited.