PRESENTACIÓN BÁSICA

Past simple and Past perfect

Past simple

Past simple structure

Afirmative

Negative

Questions

did not verb in present didn't verb in present

verb in past regulate or irregular

Did

verb en present ?

I went to the church yesterday

I didn't study last Monday

Did you meet her three days ago?

¿La conociste hace tres días?

No estudié el lunes pasado.

Fui a la iguesia ayer

Past simple

It is used when :

I went to the cinema yesterday.

1.- Completed actions in the past ->

Yesterday I woke up the I took a shower and drank some coffe

2.-Sequence of actions in the past ->

Keywords

When - first - then - by the time - before (followed by the subject)

Past perfect

Past perfect estructure

Negative

Afirmative

Questions

had verb in participle

had not verb in participle hadn't

Had

Verb in participle?

I had see that movie before thet day

Had you finished before the concert?

She hadn't been to France before summer.

Ella no había estado en Francia antes del verano

¿Habías termonado antes del concierto?

¿Había visto esa película antes de ese día?

Past perfect

It is used when :

1.- An action that took place in the past before some reference in the past ->

I had see that movie before that day

2.- In indirect reported speech to report sentences that were originally said in the -> past tense

She told me that she had studied

Keywords

Up to then - already - yet - just - never - because after (followed by the subject)