PAST CONTINUOUS VS PAST SIMPLE

Forming the past continuous tense

This tense was formed using two components: the verb BE (in the past tense), and the -ING form of a verb. Here are the rules, using the example verb “sing”:

Subject	BE	-ING Form
I	was	singing
You	were	singing
He	was	singing
She	was	singing
It	was	singing
We	were	singing
They	were	singing

USE:

1 To describe people or actions: The old man was wearing a hat

2 To describe one action began before another, and finished after it. Consider this sentence:I was reading when he arrived.

Exercises: Past simple or past continuous