1   Yesterday at 6 p.m. we were having (have) dinner.

2   Harry wasn’t listening (not listen) so he didn’t know how to do the exercise.

3   Kate was lying (lie) on the beach and Anna was eating (eat) an ice cream.

4   Tom and Peter were smiling (smile) and Nancy (take) was taking a photo of them.

5   Why were you and Zoe arguing (argue)?

6   Hannah was annoyed because a man on the train was talking (talk) loudly on his mobile.

7   At 1 a.m. Fred was still chatting (chat) with his friends on Facebook.

8   My eyes were closed, but I wasn’t sleeping (not sleep).

B. Complete the text with the past continuous form of the verbs below.

When I got off the coach in London, the weather was awful. It 1 was raining and there was a cold wind. A short, fat man, who 2 was wearing a hat and 3 carrying a small briefcase, got off after me. It was five o’clock and lots of people 4 were leaving work and 5 hurrying to catch the bus or the Underground. I 6 wasn’t wearing a raincoat so I went into a department store and bought a cheap umbrella. When I came out, the short, fat man from the bus 7 was standing outside the department store. 8 Was he following me?

C. 
1. wasn't raining
2. were you doing
3. put on / left
4. were making
5. didn't believe
6. was having