Matching Pairs speakout inter u 1 tensesOnline version match the sentences with explanations of the tense used by Margo Gushchina 1 They’re flying to Tokyo next week. 2 He usually played football in his free time. 3 The Sun goes round the Earth. 4 He is always being late. 5 I’m reading a magazine now. 6 Emma passed her exam last year. 7 I’m quite busy these days. I’m doing the course at college. 8 At 5 o’clock yesterday I was cooking dinner. 9 Tina was doing the washing-up while the children were playing in the garden. 10 She was having breakfast when the phone rang. 11 She always comes home late at night. future plans (arrangements) permanent actions, habits to express annoyance, or when you think that something happens too often with the adverbs always, constantly the action that is happening at the moment of speaking temporary action happening around the time of speaking universal facts, truths action in progress at a definite time in the past finished actions in the past past action in progress which was interrupted by a short action two actions in progress happening at the same time in the past habits or facts in the past