Past Simple and Past Perfect

Past simple & Past perfect

01 Past Simple

1. I dropped my bubble gum ice cream last weekend.

Definition

It's used for past actions when actions are finished and they don't relate to the present anymore.

02 Past Perfect

2. They had fallen asleep when her mother came home.

Definition

It depends on another past action to take place. We often use it before a simple past action.

03 Structures of Past Simple and Perfect

• Past Simple: -ed/2nd column

Affirmative: I drank water.Negative: I didn't drink water.Question: Did I drink water?

• Past Perfect: had+ past participle

Affirmative: I had drunk water.Negative: I hadn't drunk water.Question: Had I drunk water?

Past Perfect

Past Simple

VS

It is independent from the past perfect.

It completely depends on the simple past.

It's used to talk about past actions already made.

Used to talk about actions made before a past action.

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