A. Fill in the blanks with the Past continuous or the Past simple.

A

It (be) was early, and there (not / be) were many people at the beach. A little girl (eat) was eating an ice cream while she (walk) was walking on the clean golden sand. Harriet (throw) threw down her beach bag and (look) looked round. Suddenly she (notice) noticed a group of young people near the water's edge.