past continuous and simple pasVersión en línea The most common use of the past continuous tense is to talk about something that was happening around a particular time in the past. por Jenniffer Soto 1 simple past 2 past continuos You worked very hard last week. She lived in Japan last year They learned how to swim two years ago She liked to sit in the sun He always walked to school. She was reading the newspaper in the living room when you arrived. You were working very hard yesterday They were playing in the park She was doing the work of two people.