Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• Tailor has never heard of this book. -
• Matt says he liked that museum a lot. -
• My mother has just bought a new car! -
• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• I found Elisa's diary when she had already moved out. -
• Dick was cutting the grass when the snake appeared. -
• My uncle was always telling us stories about our parents. -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• My husband was always talking about his friends from college. -
• I didn't call you yesterday because I was busy. -
• My parents came to visit me last September. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• We wish you moved to Los Angeles. -
• I was dancing when Matthew walked in. -
• I wasn't sleeping when someone broke into my house. -
• Lana has drunk four cups of coffee today! -
• It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining. -
• By the time Doris got to the office, everyone had already gone. -
• I haven't seen Joe today. -