Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• We wish you moved to Los Angeles. -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• Have you ever seen Paul cry? -
• My parents came to visit me last September. -
• I sold my house two months ago. -
• Mary announced that she had found a new job. -
• My husband was always talking about his friends from college. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• I was cooking when Josh called. -
• Mary hasn't graduated from the university yet. -
• Did Barry come to your party last week? -
• I didn't call you yesterday because I was busy. -
• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• They gave Julie a puppy for her birthday. -
• I was dancing when Matthew walked in. -
• Harry said he went to the library yesterday. -
• Tailor has never heard of this book. -
• Alexia has lost her purse and now has no money. -
• Dick was cutting the grass when the snake appeared. -