Past Perfect vs Past Simple

Past perfect

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PAST PERFECT

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PAST PERFECT

The Past Perfect form is: Positive: Subject + had + verb in past participle. Negative: Subject + had + not + verb in past participle. Questions: Had + Subject + verb in past participle. The Past Perfect tense principal use is to indicate that an action was completed before another action in the past. Helps to set the chronological order of past events.

EXAMPLE

• By the time I arrived, they had already left.

• Aaron was tired because he had not eaten all day

• We had never seen such a beautiful sunset untilwe visited the beach.

• Had she gone?

• After he had eaten, he felt much better.

• They had lived in that house for ten years before moving.

• Had you eaten?

PAST SIMPLE

The Past Simple form is: Positive: Subject + verb in past. Negative: Subject + didn't + infinitive. QuestionS: Did + subject + infinitive. The regular verbs: add -ed. The irregular verbs: special forms. The Past Simple tense pricipal use is to describe actions that occurred and were completed in the past. This verbal time is ideal for narrating past events or actions that occurred at a specific time.

EXAMPLE

REGULAR VERBS

• She finished her homework before dinner.

• They played soccer in the park yesterday.

• What did your sister watch on TV last night?

• He watched a movie last night.

• We traveled to Paris last summer.

• She cooked a delicious meal for the family.

IRREGULAR VERBS

• I met my friend at the mall two days ago.

• She was afraid

• We flew from New York to Barcelona.

• We knew each other well in college.

• Her sister sang a beautiful song at the party.

CONJUGATION TABLE

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DIFFERENCES

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SOURCES

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/es/conjugacion/ingles/see#google_vignette https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=past%20perfect https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/past-simple-i-worked

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PAST SIMPLE

The big differences are that Past Simple : - Is used past to talk about definite time in the past. - Past simple form is : Subject + verb in past.

PAST SIMPLE

I saw You saw He/she/it saw We saw You saw They saw

PAST PERFECT

The big differences are that Past Perfect :- Describes an action that happened before another past action. - Uses the form: Subject +had+ verb in past participle. - It uses adverbs like already, just or never.

PAST PERFECT

I had seenYou had seen He/she/it had seen We had seen You had seen They had seen