Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• I wasn't sleeping when someone broke into my house. -
• Frank was making pizza while Ale was cooking salad. -
• Alexia has lost her purse and now has no money. -
• Dick was cutting the grass when the snake appeared. -
• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• Have you ever seen Paul cry? -
• My parents came to visit me last September. -
• Where did you go shopping yesterday? -
• Have you ever tried sushi? -
• My neighbour asked us if we had seen his dog. -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -
• Mary hasn't graduated from the university yet. -
• We did not have time to visit Louvre. -
• I have written three essays already. -
• I haven't seen Joe today. -
• I sold my house two months ago. -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• What time did Sarah leave on Tuesday? -
• Harry said he went to the library yesterday. -