She had never seen an opera before last night.

[Alice Chu]

Are the sentences below correct?
1. Had you ever been to Paris before you moved there?
2. Did you ever go to Paris before you moved there?
3. She had never seen an opera before last night.
4. She never saw an opera before last night.

 

[emsr2d2]

Are the sentences below correct?

1. Had you ever been to Paris before you moved there? :tick:
2. Did you ever go to Paris before you moved there? :cross:
3. She had never seen an opera before last night. :tick:
4. She never saw an opera before last night. :cross:

emsr2d2

 

[5jj]

i would almost certainly use only #1, but I wouldn't say that #2 was incorrect,

 

[tedmc]

I thought "...never...before" is usually used with the perfect tense.

 

[5jj]

It is.