The document describes the forms and uses of the past continuous tense in English. It outlines the positive, negative, and question forms of the past continuous tense using examples. It then discusses four main uses of the past continuous tense: 1) to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past, 2) to describe an action that was ongoing over a period of time in the past, 3) to describe a longer action that was interrupted by a shorter action, and 4) to describe a temporary past action. The document concludes by contrasting the use of the past continuous and past simple tenses.