PRESENTACIÓN BÁSICA

Past simple and Past perfect

¿La conociste hace tres días?

Did you meet her three days ago?

I didn't study last Monday

No estudié el lunes pasado.

Fui a la iguesia ayer

I went to the church yesterday

verb en present ?

Did

Questions

did not verb in present didn't verb in present

Negative

verb in past regulate or irregular

Afirmative

Past simple structure

Past simple

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

Keywords

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

2.-Sequence of actions in the past ->

I went to the cinema yesterday.

1.- Completed actions in the past ->

It is used when :

Past simple

¿Habías termonado antes del concierto?

Had you finished before the concert?

Ella no había estado en Francia antes del verano

She hadn't been to France before summer.

¿Había visto esa película antes de ese día?

I had see that movie before thet day

Verb in participle?

Had

Questions

had not verb in participle hadn't

Negative

had verb in participle

Afirmative

Past perfect estructure

Past perfect

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

Keywords

She told me that she had studied

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

I had see that movie before that day

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

It is used when :

Past perfect