Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• Frank was making pizza while Ale was cooking salad. -
• By the time Doris got to the office, everyone had already gone. -
• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• My mother has just bought a new car! -
• Dick was cutting the grass when the snake appeared. -
• I wasn't sleeping when someone broke into my house. -
• We wish you moved to Los Angeles. -
• I was dancing when Matthew walked in. -
• Matt says he liked that museum a lot. -
• Where have I left my phone? -
• They gave Julie a puppy for her birthday. -
• Emily went to China last year. -
• Have you ever tried sushi? -
• We went to a club last night. -
• I have written three essays already. -
• Mary announced that she had found a new job. -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• Helen has never been to Norway. -
• Why has Mike gone already? -
• Alexia has lost her purse and now has no money. -