Past Simple versus Past Continuous

Write what these people were doing at 6 o'clock yesterday using the Past Continuous Tense 

For example: Julia was eating her hamburger.

Lucas (to walk).

John a portrait (to paint).

Peter carefully (to listen).

Sara and Rosa over the telephone (to speak).

Kate an exciting novel (to read).

They (to dance).

Open the brackets using Past Continuous or Past Simple Tenses

1) We (to play) football when the rain  (to start).

2) She (to eat) her dinner yesterday.

3) Ann ( to swim) at 4 o'clock.)

4) She (to take) her dog for a walk that day.

5) I (to write) a poem when you (to call) me.

6) My friend and I (to surf) the net when the lights turned off.