In this post, you can learn the use, the form and some time expressions used with past continuous tense. There are also some videos with the explanation which will help you revise your knowledge on this topic. You can also find some exercises to practice at the end of the post. Finally, there is also included a revision to contrast Past simple and Past continuous.
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Past Continuous – Use: Past continuous tense is used to express actions which were happening at a specific time in the past.
Example: She was washing te dishes at 4 o’clock.
Past Continuous – time expressions: yesterday, last night, a week ago, two hours ago, at 4 o’clock…
Example: They were watching TV last night.
In the following video, you can see the explanation again:
Now, if you still have any doubt, you can listen to the explanation in your mother tongue:
You can also visit this website for extra or revision information.
In the following links you can practice with this tense: PAST CONTINUOUS.
- Practice past continuous 1.
- Practice past continuous 2.
Click on this link if you want to revise the contrast between Past simple and Past continuous.
- Exercises to practice and contrast Past continuous and Past simple.