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PAST SIMPLE VS PAST PERFECT (The 'simple past' can be used to talk…
PAST SIMPLE VS PAST PERFECT
The
'simple past'
can be used to talk about an action or finished state for actions that take place almost simultaneously.
FREQUENCY
THE PAST SIMPLE**
It is always used to refer to something that happened or we did in the past.They are different temporal expressions:
Always, sometimes, often
Example:
I
often
walked
A CERTAIN TIME
Last week, when I was a child, yesterday..
Example:
I saw a good film
last week
PAST SIMPLE FORMS
Afirmative
Subject + verb+ ed
Examples:
I skipped, I suffered I passed
Negative
Subject + did not + infinitive verb
Examples:
I didn't go to the park, She didn't play yesterday, They didn't eat so much
Interrogative
Did + Subject + infinitive verb
Examples:
Did she play computer games? Did you arrive at school?
THE PAST PERFECT
We talk about past perfect when we use 2 actions happening at different times in the past
Example: Carla had work in a factory, BEFORE SHE
Subject + Had +Verb in past Participe
It is used to indicate that one event occurred before another in the past
PAST PERFECT FORMS
Afirmative
Subject + had + Past aprticipe verb
Example:
She had given the present for her mum
Negative
Subject + had + Past Participe verb
Example:
He hadn't asked
Interrogative
Had + Subject + Participe verb
Examples:
Had they arrived?
DIFERENCES BETWEEN PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT
The
'past perfect'
refers to an action or state that began in the past and that precedes another action also in the past.