1) you were doing / played / listened
2) was getting
3) had been rushing
4) was travelling
5) was wearing
6) was redecorating
7) was working
8) was running
9) were learning
10) was working / was shopping
11) was sailing
12) were going
13) were talking
14) was studing
15) was cooking
16) was dieting
17) were talking / was talking
18) was climbing
19) was working
20) were bathing / were looking / were playing
21) was he living
22) was standing / was waiting
23) was practicing
24) was carrying
25) were fighting / was trying / were they fighting
26) was sitting / was reading
27) were doing / was weeding / was cutting
28) were mending
29) were clapping
30) was marking / was saying
31) was learning
32) was repairing
33) tried
34) were fishing
35) are writing
36) was wondering