Past continuous tense

What is another name for the Past Continuous Tense?

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect

• Past Progressive

• Present Continuous

Which of the following situations are the common use for the Past Continuous Tense?

• Describing a longer action in the past that was interrupted

• Setting the background for a story

• Describing an action that started and finished at a later time in the past

• Describing a habitual action in the present

Which of these words is NOT mentioned as a keyword often used with the Past Continuous Tense?

• when

• while

• always

• never

I (a)   (have) dinner when my friend called.

While Janice (a)   (read), her dog barked suddenly.

Write a sentence using past continuous tense.