Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• I have written three essays already. -
• Helen has never been to Norway. -
• Where did you go shopping yesterday? -
• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• Mary announced that she had found a new job. -
• Dick was cutting the grass when the snake appeared. -
• Matt says he liked that museum a lot. -
• I found Elisa's diary when she had already moved out. -
• Alexia has lost her purse and now has no money. -
• Mary hasn't graduated from the university yet. -
• I sold my house two months ago. -
• I wasn't sleeping when someone broke into my house. -
• Did Barry come to your party last week? -
• We did not have time to visit Louvre. -
• I didn't call you yesterday because I was busy. -
• Have you ever seen Paul cry? -
• By the time I met Mia again, she had already found a new boyfriend. -
• My husband was always talking about his friends from college. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• I have seen Anna twice in my life. -