VS

PAST
PERFECT
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
We use the simple past for an action
that began and ended at a particular
time in the past.
We use it for an activity that took
place regularly in the past.
 TIME EXPRESSIONS
If we want to say how 2 days ago
2 weeks ago
much time has passed 5 years ago
since the event happened a long time ago
we use AGO
We can say how long the for 2 weeks
for 5 months
event lasted with FOR

YESTERDAY
last week , month , year..
LAST
 Verb ending in... How to make the simple past Examples

e We add -d Live - lived

Consonant + Change y to i, we add -ed try - tried

y

One vowel + one Double the consonant, commit -

committed
consonant (but then we add -ed
NOT w or y)
boil -
We add -ed boiled
[anything else] fill - filled
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE
I went to Rome yesterday.
She cleaned the house last
week.
We played two hours
ago.

SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECT

 made
My mother…………………(make) a cake
yesterday.
 ran
Tom and Jane……………(run) in the forest two days ago.
 were
They…………………….(be) at the picnic last weekend.
 Negative Form
I did not go to Rome yesterday.
She didn’t clean the house last week.
They didn’t play football a week ago.

S+ did not +V1 + O

Short form:
did not = didn’t
 didn’t talk
She………………………(not,talk) to her husband last night.

watched
She………………….(watch) television.
 INTERROGATIVE FORM

*Did you go to Rome last year ?

Yes,I did / Yes,I went to Rome last year.

No,I didn’t. / No,I didn’t go to Rome last

year.
Did she go shopping yesterday ?

Yes, she did. / Yes, she went shopping

yesterday.
 Did you take your
No,I didn’t take my medicines last week?
medicines last week.
 John …………………..(
didn’t work not / work ) yesterday.
Was not
His family ………………….( not / be) at home. He
……………………(
thought think ) his new car . Then , he
……………(sleep
slept ) in the garden .
 The use of the
past perfect tense.
We use the past perfect
to talk about an action
which happened before
another action in the
past
EXAMPLE
Youhad studied English before you
moved to New York.

Youhad not studied English before you

moved to New York.

Had you studied English before you

moved to New York?
FORM
(+) S (They,We,I,You) + had + Past Participle (V3)
(He,She, It)

(-) S (They,We,I,You) + had not + Past Participle (V3)

(He,She, It)

(?) had + S (They,We,I,You) +Past Participle (V3)?

(He,She, It)
 The Past Perfect
had it hit
received
my friend stopped
had eaten by

P N
A O
S W
T

The Titanic had received many warnings before it hit the iceberg.
I had already eaten when my friend stopped by to visit.
 Look at this
example.
After he had
taken his
music lesson,
he made a telephone call.
 What had Ali done
before he went fishing?

Ali had repaired

his car,
before he went fishing.
 The key words of
this tense are:

after {had+PP} Past

as soon as
simple
 The key words of
this tense are:
before {past simple}+ Had+PP
By the time
Make similar sentences using after and before.

Finish work-watch TV

After I had finished

work ,I watched TV

Before I watched TV ,I
had finished my work.
 Make similar sentences using by
the time and as soon as

Eat breakfast-go to
school
By the time I went to school,I had
eaten my breakfast.

As soon as I had eaten my

breakfast,I went to school
Make similar sentences using by the time and as
soon as
Police arrive-thief escape
By the time the police
arrived,the thief had escaped.
As soon as the thief had
escaped ,the police arrived.
 So it is correct to say:
After he had finished
the meeting ,he made
a telephone call.

Before he made a
telephone call ,he had
finished the meeting.
Let’s practice
She (wear) a lovely dress at her birth day party last night.
I (never,see) such a beautiful beach before I (go) to Bali.
I did not have any money because I (lose) my wallet.
Tony knew Istanbul so well because he (visit) the city
several times.
(Study) Susan ever……. Thai before she moved to
Thailand?
She only understood the movie because she (read)the
book.
My servant (leave) me three weeks ago.
Kristine (never,be) to an opera before last night.
We were not able to get a hotel room because we
(not,book) in advance.
A: Had you ever visited the U.S. before your trip in
2006?
B: Yes, I (be) to the U.S. once before.