Table of Contents Past continuous tense + time period in the past pattern Created:20 Nov 2020 14:45:00 , in intermediate Past continuous tense is frequently used in English language to describe a completed action, which continued over a well-defined period of time (a year, a week, a hour, an afternoon etc.) in the past. Hence, the pattern is: past continuous tense + time period. Examples Ann was living in Paris in 2017. It was raining unusually hard last month. Greg was fishing all day long yesterday, but brought no fish home. My arm was hurting badly in the first two hours after the car accident. This post was updated on 20 Nov 2020 15:09:06 Tags: Past Continuous tense , Time Did you find this content useful? Why not share it ... Facebook Twitter Google+