Past Continuous

The past continuous is formed from the past tense of the verb to be with the -ing form of the verb. We use it to talk about continuous actions in the past.
Look at the British Council website for a detailed explanation and exercises.
Here are some activities to practise:
exercises city life activity yesterday at the beach story
The past continuous vs.the past simple

We use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past and the past continuous to describe continuous actions and ‘background actions’.
Activities:
exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3
Sing along to this beautiful song by Robbie Williams, Eternity, and look out of the examples of the past forms.