Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• I sold my house two months ago. -
• My uncle was always telling us stories about our parents. -
• Did Barry come to your party last week? -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• My husband was always talking about his friends from college. -
• Harry said he went to the library yesterday. -
• Tailor has never heard of this book. -
• Where have I left my phone? -
• I wasn't sleeping when someone broke into my house. -
• Why has Mike gone already? -
• Dick was cutting the grass when the snake appeared. -
• Alexia has lost her purse and now has no money. -
• We did not have time to visit Louvre. -
• My parents came to visit me last September. -
• I have seen Anna twice in my life. -
• I was working when the accident occurred. -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• Emily went to China last year. -
• I have written three essays already. -