Past Perfect vs Past Simple

Today, we’re going to play detective! We’ll find out what really happened in the past and how to tell the story so others understand it clearly.


Who knows what we need to tell the story clearly?



What tenses do we need to use?

​ Snack Attack

We have to use two tenses - Past Perfect and Past Simple

​ Snack Attack

​What Really Happened?
Past Perfect vs Past Simple

Mokymosi uždavinys

Taikydamas turimas žinias  atliksiu užduotis pasirinktu  .......... lygiu  ir mokėsiu  tinkamai vartoti
Past Perfect ir Past Simple laikus.  

Uždavinio įgyvendinimo kriterijai 

🟢 Aukštesnysis lygis - surinkta nuo 32 iki 40 taškų tinkamai pavartojant  Past Perfect ir Past Simple laiką ir  sukurta istorijos pabaiga; 

 🟡  Pagrindinis lygis - surinkta nuo 32 iki 40 taškų tinkamai pavartojant  Past Perfect ir Past Simple ir pilnais sakiniais atsakyta į klausimus; 

  🔴 Patenkinamas lygis - surinkta nuo 32 iki 40 taškų tinkamai pavartojant Past Perfect ir Past Simple; 

 

Self-Assessment: Past Perfect vs Past Simple

​✏️ Before starting work, take a moment to reflect on what you already know

👉This will help you choose the best activities for your learning level

Why do we need the Past Perfect?

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Why do we need the Past Perfect?

Past Perfect helps us say which action happened first when we talk about two or more events in the past.
It's like a time machine: we go back to an earlier moment in the past.

Past Perfect

​​Past Simple

​Has this ever happened to you?

I missed the bus because…

•👉 What had you forgotten?

•👉 What had you done before?

Try to write it in English

Word Cloud

I missed the bus because ........

Do I know Tense Structure ?

Multiple Select

Tense structure

• Past Perfect

  V2

  didn't + V

• Past Perfect

  had + V3

  hadn't + V3

• Past Simple

  V2

  didn't + V

• Past Simple

  had + V3

  hadn't + V3

🔹 V2 ( ed)
🔹didn't + V

​Past Simple

🔹 had + V3( ed)
🔹 hadn't + V3(ed)

​Past Perfect

Tense structure

✅Use Past Perfect to show what happened first!
✅ Use Past Perfect to indicate an event that happened BEFORE another event in the past.
✅Time words: before, after, already, by the time, never

Past Perfect

​✅Use Past Simple to describe an event that happened at a specific time in the past.

​​Past Simple

Multiple Choice

Which event happened first?

• She left the house.

• She had packed her bag.

Multiple Choice

Which event happened first?

• She was tired.

• She had studied all night.

Multiple Choice

Mini Task:

Which event happened first?

• I had forgotten to set my alarm.

• I missed the bus.

🧠 Look at the picture

👦 🔑 → ❌🏠
(A boy loses his keys → He can’t get into the house)

❓ How would you say this in English?

Which action happened first?

Multiple Choice

👦 🔑 → ❌🏠
(A boy loses his keys → He can’t get into the house)

Which action happened first?

• A boy loses his keys

• He can’t get into the house

Fill in the Blank

Try to write it in English

loses / can’t get

/

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🧠 Look at the picture

👦 🔑 → ❌🏠
(A boy loses his keys → He can’t get into the house)

❓ How would you say this in English?

✅ He couldn't get into the house because he had lost his keys.

• “He had lost his keys” → happened first

• “He couldn't get into the house” → happened after

• ➡️ Use Past Perfect for the first event, Past Simple for the second.

Fill in the Blank

I ______ (break) my phone because I _____ (drop) it

/

🟠Past Perfect = had + V3(ed)


I missed the bus because I had forgotten to set my alarm.

Past Perfect

​🟣 Past Simple = V2(ed)

​​Past Simple

Pasirink užduočių lapą pagal gebėjimo lygį

🟢 Gerai žinau, noriu sukurti istorijos pabaigą. (Aukšt. lyg.)

🟡 Suprantu, bet noriu pilnais sakiniais atsakyti į klausimus. ( Pagr. lyg.)

🔴 Dar nesijaučiu tvirtai. Noriu daugiau praktikos taikant Past Perfect / Past Simple ir galimybės naudotis pagalba. (Pat.lyg.)




Pasirinkite spalvą, kuri tau atrodo tinkamiausia 🟢🟡🔴

Poll

🎯 Today's Goal:

I can use Past Perfect and Past Simple to describe events in the correct order.

How confident are you about this goal?

• I know this well🟢

• I need to review🟡

• I want to learn this today🔴