Question

Difference between Simple past and past continuous

Answer 1

Simple past is just what happened in the past.
eg: Sam ran to the park.
ran is the verb in simple past.
 past continuous is what was happening in the past.
eg: Sam was running in the park.
was running  is the verb in past continuous

Answer 2

Simple past
=subject +second form of verb+object.
Example- He sat on a bench.

Continuous
=subject+was were +first form of verb+ing+object.
Example- He was sitting on a bench.