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I want to know whether this sentence is correct:

She came as I had done my homework

According to this, as is used to connect two events that happen at the same time. What I doubt is, the connection between past simple and past perfect with as. I'm not sure why I think it's incorrect, but it just sounds wrong since I've never seen using as in past perfect.

By the way, I make up the sentence. I just want to know if as can be used together with past perfect and past simple.

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  • She came as I was finishing my homework (two events at the same time). But you could say She came after I had done my homework (while you were in the state of 'having done' it).
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Oct 12, 2021 at 16:20

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No, you can't (with an exception I discuss below).

You can say: "She got home as I was doing my homework." You can also possibly say: "She got home as I did my homework," although this second version doesn't sound as idiomatic as the first in spoken English.

However, if you are using "as" to mean "since" (i.e. implying a causal link), you can use the present or past perfect:

I got an A on my exam, as I had studied very hard for it.

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