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Simple Past and Past

Perfect Tense
MS. KARLA T. PANTE
ENGLISH 7 TEACHER
 Today's

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Objectives

1. use the past and past perfect

tenses correctly;
2. use non-linear visuals as
comprehensive aids in content
texts;
(Active to Passive) The residents of a condominium applauded the frontliners.
(Passive to Active) This news article will never be forgotten by Kier.
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Simple Past Tense
The Past Tense indicates an action, a situation, or
a condition that started and ended before the
present.

Use
Form
Time Expression
USE
Use Simple Past to
tell what happened
sometime in the past.
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FORMS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE
REGULAR VERBS
1. It is formed by adding ed to the base form of the
verb, or d if the verb ends in e.

Example: (vow-vowed) (love-loved),

Caren vowed to take care of her mother when she
grows old.
The mother loved her children above all things.
 REGULAR VERBS
2. It is formed by doubling the
consonant then adding ed if the
verb ends in a vowel and a
consonant.

Example: (shop-shopped)
FORMS OF The mother shopped all the basic
SIMPLE PAST needs they will bring in the camp.
TENSE
 FORMS OF
REGULAR VERBS SIMPLE
3. It is formed by adding PAST TENSE
ed if the verb ends in a
vowel and -y.

Example:(obey-obeyed)
The children obeyed the
instructions given by the
mother.
FORMS OF SIMPLE
PAST TENSE

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IRREGULAR VERBS
1. It does not follow the adding of -d
or -ed.
Example: (bring-brought)
The mother brought her children to
the park for a walk.

2. It changes its spelling.

Example: (drive-drove)
The father drove his children to
school.
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PAST TENSE
IRREGULAR VERBS
3. Some verbs end with -y are
changed to-i that forms a new
spelling.

Example: (rely-relied)
The family relied on the relief
goods given by the
government.
SIMPLE PAST TENSE

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Time
Expression
(Use at the beginning or at the end of the phrase)
before, then, yesterday, ago, last night, last week,
last month, last year, after that
Past
Participle
is a form of a verb that is
used in forming perfect and
passive tenses of verbs. It
usually ends with -d,-ed,-t,-
en or -n.
Example: loved, taken, sold,
dreamt, blended, shaken,
taken, danced, frozen,
cooked
 The Past Perfect Tense relates two
past actions, situations, or conditions.
It tells a past action, situation, or
condition that happened before
another past.
PAST
PERFECT
TENSE
Use
Form
Signal Words
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Grammar
USE
Use Past Perfect to
tell what happened
Action
before or up to a
certain time in the
past.
Time
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It is formed by using had + past
participle of the verb.

Examples:
(prepare-had prepared) (take-had
taken)

The mother had prepared their

FORM OF
lunch before she left.
PAST
PERFECT The father had taken his lunch
TENSE before his children arrived home.
Signal Words

for, since, before, ever, never, once,

twice, already, yet, so far, by then, just,
finally.
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worked worked had worked
fell fallen had fallen
died died had died
went gone had gone
thought thought had thought
sought sought had sought
left left had left
pitied pitied had pitied
reached reached had reached
took taken had taken

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MORE EXAMPLES:

1. The waiter brought a drink that I had not ordered.

2. My brother ate all of the cake that our mom had
made.
3. She had done already her homework when she
went out to play.
1 past perfect tense (had + past participle)
1 simple past tense

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 QUESTIONS?
Thank you and God bless!

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