Past continuous tense

Past continuous tense explanation: When it is used, how it is used and it's relation to simple past tense.

WHEN TO USE:
For those actions that were continued in the past. Duration of actions in the past. For the actions that continued for some time in the past.
Examples:
1. Yesterday, I was working on my project at this time.
2. Last month, on this day, we were celebrating my cousin's birthday.
3. He was struggling with his job.
4. He was not struggling with his job.
5. Was he struggling with his job?
6. Wasn't he struggling with his job?
7. Were they fighting with each other yesterday at this time?
8. Yesterday at this time, weren't they fighting with each other?

USED ALONG WITH SIMPLE PAST TENSE:
1. Yesterday when my father came into my room, I was studying.
2. Yesterday when my father came, I was not studying.
3. Was I studying yesterday, when my father came?
4. Wasn't I studying yesterday, when my father came?

6. While I was studying yesterday, my father came into my room.
7. While I was not studying, my father came into my room.
8. While I was studying, my father did not come into my room.
9. Did my father come yesterday, while I was studying in my room?
10. Didn't my father come yesterday, while I was studying in my room?

The words "when" and "while" are conjunctions.
"When" is used with simple past tense(point of time).
"While" is used with past continuous tense(duration of time).

Structure:
S + was/were + V1+ing + O

Helping verbs: "was" and "were"
Was: For I, he, she, it (singular)
Were: For we, you, you, they (plural)


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