For example:
" Last year I took my exams."
"I got married in 1992. "
It can be used to describe events that happened over a period of time in the past but not now.
For example:
"I lived in South Africa for two years. "
The simple past tense is also used to talk about habitual or repeated actions that took place in the past.
For example:
" When I was a child we always went to the seaside on bank holidays."
Past Continuous Tense
Overview | Simple Present | Simple Future | Simple Past
Present Continuous | Continuous Future
Present Perfect Simple | Present Perfect Future | Present Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect Simple | Past Perfect Continuous
The Future
We use the past continuous tense to describe a past action over a period of time.