Sometimes it is helpful to do a web search on grammatical terms in your own language.
English and French are not as closely related as "the Romance languages" (French, Spanish, Italian) but they are cousins.
If I search on "French progressive tense" I find:
<a href="https://www.frantastique.com/en/french-grammar/le-present-progressif-etre-en-train-de" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Le présent progressif : être en train de</a>
See if it helps.
There are simple and progressive (continous) verb tenses.
Simple
- I drink coffee. = Je bois du café. [habitude]
- In the past, I would drink coffee. = Autrefois, je buvais du café. [habitude]
- In the past, I drank coffee. = Autrefois, je buvais du café. [habitude]
- Yesterday, I drank coffee. = Hier, j'ai bu du café. [action terminée]
Progressive
- I am drinking coffee. = Je suis en train de boire du café [action non-terminée].
- Yesterday, I was drinking coffee when my friend called. = Hier, je buvais du café quand mon ami m'a téléphoné. [action non-terminée].
There are dynamic and stative verbs.
- to drink (un verbe qui exprime une action)
- to like (un verbe qui exprime un état)