Past simple or progressive?

To talk about experiences up to now, from past to present.

To talk about an action that was in progress at a time in the past.

To talk about things that happened in the past and are finished.

This is an example of the present perfect.

This is an example of the past simple.

This is an example of the past progressive

I was living is the past progressive, because it's used to talk about an action that was in progress at a time in the past.

Both verbs in this sentence express that the actions are unfinished.

The first verb is the passive voice of live.

For experiences you always use the past simple form.

For an ongoing/continuing action we use the past simple and for an interruption we use the past continuous.

For the interruption we use the past simple and for the ongoing/continuing action we use the past continuous.