Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• We did not have time to visit Louvre. -
• Why has Mike gone already? -
• I sold my house two months ago. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• Emily went to China last year. -
• It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining. -
• My parents came to visit me last September. -
• My mother has just bought a new car! -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• We wish you moved to Los Angeles. -
• Have you ever seen Paul cry? -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• Where have I left my phone? -
• We went to a club last night. -
• I have written three essays already. -
• I was dancing when Matthew walked in. -
• I didn't call you yesterday because I was busy. -
• I wasn't sleeping when someone broke into my house. -
• Helen has never been to Norway. -