Past Continuous Tense
The past continuous tense is used to describe actions or events that were ongoing or in progress at a specific point in the past. It is formed by using the past tense of the auxiliary verb "to be" (was/were) and adding the present participle (- ing form) of the main verb.
Structure: Subject(I/he/she)+ was/were+ present participle (- ing form of the verb)
Examples:
She was studying when the phone rang. We were playing soccer at 4 o'clock yesterday. While I was working, they were chatting in the next room. It was raining heavily when they left.
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