Past continuous Tense

*Rules of the Past continuous tense conclude that:

1)We use the past continuous tense to show that an action was going on or being carried out in the
past.
-Example:Now he is flying the kite.

2)To show that two actions were going on at the same time in the past, we use the past tense for
both actions or the past continuous tense.
-Example:While I cooked lunch,my sister ironed

3)To show that something happened while a longer action was going on,we do the following:
-First or longer action: use the past continuous tense
-Second action: use the simple past tense
-Example: I was doing my homework last night when Farid phoned me.

4)Certain verbs do not usually take the past continuous tense.
-Example: We understood your problem after the meeting.