Simple Past Timeline

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.