Past simple and past perfect simple

Past simple and past perfect simple

PAST SIMPLE

Revision

Past simple: regular verbs

• Yesterday I raised money for a charity.

• Yesterday I didn't raise money for a charity.

• Did you raise money for a charity yesterday?

Past simple: irregular verbs

• He went shopping two weeks ago.

• He didn't go shopping two weeks ago.

• Did he go shopping two weeks ago?

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

Formation and use

Past perfect simple: regular verbs

• At 8 pm Monica had already arrived.

• At 8 pm Monica still hadn't arrived.

• Had Monica arrived at 8 pm?

Past perfect simple: irregular verbs

• Yesterday she had already done all her homework.

• Yesterday she still hadn't done all her homework.

• Had she already done all her homework yesterday?

Typical time expressions

• I had cleaned the car before I went to the party.

• He ate some ice cream after he had finished lunch.

• By the time he was five, he had already read many books.

• Until I went to Italy, I hadn't eaten real Italian food.

• Ian had finished his homework when I arrived.

• I had already seen Jim when he said hello to us.

• Already, yet, still, never, ever, just, for, since, etc.

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT SIMPLE?

When do we use the past perfect simple?

We use the past perfect simple to show that one action (past perfect) happened before the other (past simple)

• When Monica arrived at the station, the train had already left.

• He bought the car because he had seen an advert for it.

Multiple Choice

We had already eaten when John ........... home.

• comes

• came

• had come

• has came

Multiple Choice

Last year Mark .............. all his exams.

• had passed

• had pass

• past

• passed

Multiple Choice

When I ......... to the airport I discovered I had forgotten my passport.

• got

• had got

• had get

• gotted

Multiple Choice

I went to the library, then I ........ some milk and went home.

• had bought

• buyed

• had buyed

• bought

Multiple Choice

I opened my handbag to find that I ............... my mobile phone at home.

• had forgotten

• forgot

• had forgot

• have forgotten

Multiple Choice

When we ....... at the station, the train had already left.

• has arrived

• arrived

• had arrived

• had arriving

Multiple Choice

We got home and discovered that someone .............. our car from the garage.

• steal

• stole

• had stole

• had stolen

Multiple Choice

I opened the fridge to find that someone ....... all my chocolate!

• had eaten

• ate

• eated

• had eated

Multiple Choice

Kevin was very please to see that John ............. the kitchen.

• had clean

• cleaned

• had cleaned

• cleant

Multiple Choice

It ......... all summer, so the grass was completely dead.

• didn't rain

• hadn't rained

• hadn't rain

• didn't rained

Multiple Choice

................... the food on her plate, when you arrived?

• Had she finished

• Did she finished

• Did she finish

• She had finished

Multiple Choice

After arriving home, I realised I .............. any milk.

• hadn't buyed

• hadn't bought

• hadn't buy

• didn't bought

Multiple Choice

............... the film or ............... seen it?

• Did they liked / they had already seen

• The liked / had they already seen

• They liked / they had already seen

• Did they like / had they already seen