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