Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or past continuous.

Yesterday I (a )...(want) to watch a film on TV. I quickly finished my
homework. Then I went into the living room. But
when I got there, I saw that my parents (b ) .. (talk) and they (c ) ...(make) a lot of noise. I (d )... (ask) them to be quiet
but they (e )...(tell) me to turn off the TV and go upstairs to my room. When I ( f ) .... (go) upstairs, my sister (g )..... (watch) the
same film on the TV in her bedroom, so we (h ) .......(decide) to watch
the film together. When my parents (i)......(come) upstairs half
an hour later, my sister and I ( j ).....(talk), so I never did see the film!

Certainly, let's complete the text with the appropriate verb forms using either the past simple or past continuous:

Yesterday I (a) wanted to watch a film on TV. I quickly finished my homework. Then I went into the living room. But when I got there, I saw that my parents (b) were talking and they (c) were making a lot of noise. I (d) asked them to be quiet but they (e) told me to turn off the TV and go upstairs to my room. When I (f) went upstairs, my sister (g) was watching the same film on the TV in her bedroom, so we (h) decided to watch the film together. When my parents (i) came upstairs half an hour later, my sister and I (j) were talking, so I never did see the film!

Explanation:

a) wanted - Past simple is used here because it's a completed action in the past.

b) were talking - Past continuous is used as it describes an ongoing action in the past when the speaker arrived.

c) were making - Past continuous again, as it indicates an ongoing noise-making action.

d) asked - Past simple, a single action of asking.

e) told - Past simple, a completed action of telling.

f) went - Past simple, as it refers to the completed action of going upstairs.

g) was watching - Past continuous, because the sister was in the middle of watching the film.

h) decided - Past simple, since it’s a single, completed decision.

i) came - Past simple, a completed action of coming upstairs.

j) were talking - Past continuous, indicating an ongoing conversation when the parents arrived.