Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• Why has Mike gone already? -
• Mary hasn't graduated from the university yet. -
• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• I sold my house two months ago. -
• I didn't call you yesterday because I was busy. -
• I have written three essays already. -
• We went to a club last night. -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• What time did Sarah leave on Tuesday? -
• I was dancing when Matthew walked in. -
• My neighbour asked us if we had seen his dog. -
• Harry said he went to the library yesterday. -
• My mother has just bought a new car! -
• They gave Julie a puppy for her birthday. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -
• I found Elisa's diary when she had already moved out. -
• By the time Doris got to the office, everyone had already gone. -
• My husband was always talking about his friends from college. -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• My parents came to visit me last September. -