Past simple - I laughed. Past progressive - I was laughing.
past ordinary form
the form of the past tense are past progressive,past perfect progressive,past perfect simple.
The past progressive form of the verb "to be" is "was/were being." For example, "I was being," "He was being," "They were being."
The past progressive form of "suggest" is "was suggesting" or "were suggesting."
Baker is a noun and does not have a past tense. Bake is a verb, and the past tense is baked.
The present participle of bake is baking.
was / were driving.
was writing
The simple past is I rescued...the past perfect is I had rescued...the past progressive is I was rescuing...
Continuous or progressive tenses use "be" and the "ing" form of a verb. "I / He / She was joining." "You / We / They were joining."
The past progressive form of "stop" is "was stopping" or "were stopping." For example: "She was stopping by the store on her way home."