Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• By the time Doris got to the office, everyone had already gone. -
• I was dancing when Matthew walked in. -
• Where did you go shopping yesterday? -
• I have written three essays already. -
• My mother has just bought a new car! -
• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -
• Where have I left my phone? -
• I wasn't sleeping when someone broke into my house. -
• My parents came to visit me last September. -
• My husband was always talking about his friends from college. -
• I was working when the accident occurred. -
• I was wondering if you could help me with the project. -
• Harry said he went to the library yesterday. -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• Did Barry come to your party last week? -
• Helen has never been to Norway. -
• I have seen Anna twice in my life. -
• Mary hasn't graduated from the university yet. -
• We wish you moved to Los Angeles. -