Past Continuous

A tense used for habitual actions.

A tense used for actions that will happen in the future.

A tense used for actions happening in the past.

Subject + "was/were" + present participle of the verb + object

Subject + present tense of the verb + object

Subject + past tense of the verb + object

Subject + past participle of the verb + object

I was watching TV when you called.

 I watch TV every day.

 I am watching a movie.

They eat dinner when the power went out.

They weren't eating dinner when the power went out.

They were eat dinner when the power went out.

They ate dinner when the power went out.

was walking

walked

were walking

looked

were looking

was looking

everyone was going

was everyone going

was going everyone

chilling, working

was chilling, were working

chilled, were working

was cried

cried

was crying

after

when

while

were Rob and Rebecca living

Rob and Rebecca were living

living Rob and Rebecca

was decorating

were to decorating

were decorating

were you doing

you doing

you were doing

planned

was planning

were planning

read, was watching

was reading, were watching

was reading, was watching