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