Matching Pairs Past time expressionsOnline version match the time expressions with their descriptions. by Linda Kötteritzsch 1 the day before yesterday 2 this morning 3 one year ago 4 last night 5 yesterday 6 when + subject + past tense verb 7 in 1990 the most recent night an earlier time on the same day one day before today a specific period of time, event, or point in the past a specific period of time in the past two days before today a specific point in the past