Question

players were playing a game ( identify the tense)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Hey mate your answer is -

Past continuous.

Were is the h v of past continuous tense

Answer 2

Answer:

Past continuous

Explanation:

The past continuous tense also indicates that an action was continuing at a point of time in the past.

'Were playing' is in the past continuous tense, as it follows the structure of a verb in this tense: was/were + past participle (playing).