Past Continuous Tense

I was singing

The past continuous tense is an important tense in English. We use it to say what we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment in the past.

In this lesson we look at the structure and the use of the past continuous tense, followed by a quiz to check your understanding:

• Structure: how do we make the past continuous tense?
  
• Use: how do we use the past continuous tense?
  

Continuous tenses are also called progressive tenses.