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