Past Continuous Tense in English Past Continuous Tense indicates an action which started in the past and continued in a certain time period. The point to be taken into consideration is that the action started in the past and the continuity of the action was also in the past, so it does not continue at this moment. The verb ‘to be ( am, is, are )’ has two forms in the past; was and were. Present Past am, is was are were We use “was” for I, he she, it. We use “were” for you,we,you,they…