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PAST SIMPLE and PAST PERFECT SIMPLE - Coggle Diagram
PAST SIMPLE and PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
FORM
POSITIVE
: S + HAD + Verb Participle (R= -ed / IR= 3 column)
EXAMPLE
: We had played a game
NEGATIVE
: S + HADN'T + Verb Participle (R= -ed / IR= 3 column)
EXAMPLE
: We haven't travelled
QUESTION
: [wh] HAD + S + Verb Participle (R= -ed / IR= 3 column)
EXAMPLE
: Had you filmed the film?
Yes, I had
No, I hadn't
KEY WORDS
Before
By the time
DIFFERENCES
PAST SIMPLE
: We use the past simple to show the most recent action.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
We use the past perfect simple when we want to show that something started and finished before something else in the past.
PAST SIMPLE
FORM
POSITIVE
: S + Verb past (R= -ed / IR= 3 column)
We passed the exam
NEGATIVE
: S + didn't + Verb infinitive
He didn't play football
QUESTION
: Did + S + Verb infinitive
Did we go to the hospital?
Yes, I did
No, I didn't
KEY WORDS
Last week/ year/ month
2017 (for example)
Yesterday
Ago