2a Look at the picture below. Complete the paragraph from the novel with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Chapter Two

When Pugwick looked out of the window of his town house he saw a typical London scene. It was very grey but it (a) was not raining. (not rain).

A boy (b) was running down the street with an apple in his hand. (run)

He (c) was wearing very old clothes and he (d) was not wearing shoes. (wear / not wear)

The shop assistant (e) was shouting at him. (shout)

At the same time, an old man and woman (f) were buying fruit. (buy)

They (g) were watching the boy sadly. Unfortunately, they (h) were not looking behind them because a young man (i) was taking the old man's watch. On the other side of the road, a young girl, dirty, cold and hungry. (j) was sleeping in