- Past Continuous activity Why were you doing these things? Give the explanation why: Yesterday at five p.m … You were sitting on the roof of your house You were running barefoot along the street You were singing “Happy Birthday” in church You were crying in the shopping mall You were wearing a Dracula costume in the park You were talking to a strange green creature You were kissing a frog You were fighting something invisible with a laser sword You were dancing at the school hall You were getting out of your school’s window You were whispering a poem You were looking at a map in the middle of forest