Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• I was cooking when Josh called. -
• 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. -
• I was working when the accident occurred. -
• We went to a club last night. -
• We did not have time to visit Louvre. -
• Why has Mike gone already? -
• I have written three essays already. -
• Have you ever seen Paul cry? -
• Helen has never been to Norway. -
• Lana has drunk four cups of coffee today! -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• By the time Doris got to the office, everyone had already gone. -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -
• I didn't go anywhere because it was raining. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• My uncle was always telling us stories about our parents. -
• They gave Julie a puppy for her birthday. -