San Miguel 1 District

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

SHEET ENGLISH 7 – 1st Quarter – Week 2
Name: ____________________ Grade/Section: _________ Parent’s Signature:_________
Competency:
Use the past and past perfect tenses correctly in varied contexts. EN7G-III-h-3
Objective:At the end of the week, you shall have
1. Identify the simple past and past perfect tenses of the verb;
2. Evaluate appropriate simple past and past perfect tenses in various situations;
3. Construct simple past and past perfect tenses of the verb.

General Instruction: STUDY the Enclosure to understand the lesson. READ the questions
carefully and WRITE your answer in this sheet.
Schedul Activities Reference
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Resource
Day 1 Activity 1 See
Enclosure
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on the 1
space provided.
1. I __________ a cat yesterday.
a. saw b. seen c. see d. sees
2. I ________ my portfolio in Math.
a. did finish b. had finishes c. had finished d. had finishing
3. Last month, I ________ to Boracay and Palawan.
a. travelled b. travelling c. travel d. travels
4. _______ you have dinner last night?
a. do b. did c. does d. didn’t
5. Liza _________ her lessons for the exam today..
a. had studying b. had studied c. had studies d. had study

Day 2 Activity 2 See

Enclosure
A. Give the past perfect form of the verb in the sentence.Write your 1
answer on the space provided.

1.I (eat) ___________ salad with my best friend then the bell rang.
2. The car (stop) ____________ a few minutes before the explosion.
3. I (meet) _______________ my boyfriend before I took up medicine.
4. Jessa (buy) ________________ her house before starting her business .
5. She (finish) ________________ her work just when we arrived.
 B. Change the verbs used in sentences into its simple past form.

1. We live in the Philippines. ____________________________

2. She brings a cup of tea. ____________________________
3. We cook every day. ____________________________
4. Do you like cake? ____________________________
5. Does he live in the States? ___________________________

Day 3 Activity 3

Read each sentence and choose the correct form of the verb. Write
the chosen letter on the space provided.

1. She _______________ the gift that was given to her.

a. accepted b. accepts
c. accept d. accepting

2. Julius ______________ the school before we reached.

a. leave b. left
c. live d. lives

3. Zakari _______________ reading after the teacher ________________the

classroom.
a. started ;enter b. starts ; enters
c. starting ; entering d. Started; had entered

4. Dion __________ them 150 mph ( ca.241 km/h) when he

_________ the highway patrol behind him.
a. had run ; noticed b. passed ; noticed
c. pass ; notice d. passes ; notices

5. I ______________the dishes after Mom _______________.

a. washes ; goes b. wash ; go
b. washed ; had gone d. washed ; going

6. I wish I ____________the truth.

a. had told b. have told
c. had tell d. told

7. Eme wished she _______________ another question.

a. have asked b. had asked
c. ask d. asked

8. I _______________ to America before.

a. I’ve been b. have been
c. went d. had been
 9. She _____________ movie the whole night.
a. watched b. watch
c. watching d. watches

10. It _____________ yesterday.

a. rained b. raining
c. rains d. have rained
Day 4
Self-Check of all activities (guided by parents or learning facilitators)

Day 5 Performance Task

Write sentences in the simple past and past perfect form. Use the given
sentence as your guide. Answers on the first row are examples.

Simple Sentence Simple Past Tense Past Perfect Tense

1.
We jump from the stairs. We jumped from the We have jumped from
stairs. the stairs.

Answer Key:

Activity 1 Activity 2
A. B.
1.A 1. had eaten 1. We lived in the Philippines.
2. C 2. had stopped 2. She brought a cup of tea
3.A 3. had met 3. We cooked every day.
4.B 4. had bought 4. Did you like tea?
5.B 5. had finished 5. Didn’t he live in the States?
Enclosure 1: Information Sheet

Simple Past Tense is an action that happened at specific time in the past.

There can be few actions happening one after another.These can be in terms of:

1. Events in the past that are now finished.

2. Situation in the past.
3. A series of actions in the past.

Use 1: Past actions that are now finished

The first use of the simple past is to express actions that happened at a specific time in the past.

Examples are:

a. We watched movie last night.

b. I enjoyed playing guitar yesterday.

c. I travelled to Japan last summer.

Use 2: Situation in the Past

Another use of this tense is to talk about situations in the past.

Examples are:

a. I studied American literature for five years.

b. I did not stay at the wedding ceremony the entire time

Use 3: A series of actions in the Past

The past simple can also be used with a few actions in the past happening one after another.

Examples are:

a. Lily arrived from home at five in the afternoon, watched a movie, and slept for half an hour.

b. I finished my work, walked home, and played a guitar.

c. Grace arrived from work at 6 in the evening, prepared for dinner, and ate with her family.
The Past Perfect is a verb tense which is used to show that an action took place once or many
times before another point in the past.

Past Perfect Forms

1. The past perfect is formed using had + past participle.

2. Questions are indicated by inverting the subject and had.
3. Negatives are made with not.

Example:

Statement: You had studied playing guitar in Manila before you moved in California.

Question: Had you studied playing guitar before you moved in California?

Negative: You had not studied playing guitar before you moved in California.

Reference:

Grade 7 English PPE of SDS Division

Prepared:
STEPHANIE SERING SIO/09098198408
English Teacher/SMNHS