past progressive

• Temps grammatical utilisé pour décrire une action en cours à un moment précis du passé, souvent interrompue par un autre événement ou se déroulant simultanément avec une autre action passée.

A grammatical tense used to describe an ongoing action that was happening at a specific point in the past, often interrupted by another event or occurring simultaneously with another past action.

1. Past Continuous TenseB1formal

   A grammatical tense used to describe actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past.

   passé progressif

   • I was reading a book when she called.
   • They were playing football at 5 PM yesterday.
   • She was cooking dinner while he was setting the table.