The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is formed using was/were + verb+ing. It can be used in four main ways: 1. To describe an interrupted action, where one ongoing action was interrupted by another action that occurred at a specific time in the past. 2. To describe an action that was ongoing at a specific time in the past, where the time acts as the interruption. 3. To describe two parallel and simultaneous past actions. 4. To describe the atmosphere or scene at a specific time in the past by listing several ongoing or parallel actions. The past continuous is used