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)