Past Simple vs.

Past
Perfect
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Past Simple
 is a verb tense which is used to show
that a completed action took place at a
specific time in the past.

 is also frequently used to talk

about past habits and generalizations.
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How to form a Past Simple

For Regular verbs:

 verb + ed
I walked to school yesterday.
She washed her clothes.
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How to form a Past Simple

For verbs ending in “e”

 verb + d
I lived in Brazil for two years.
He closed the window.
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How to form a Past Simple

For verbs ending in “y” preceded by a

consonant
 y becomes i + ed
He spied on his neighbours.
Shauna studied French for five years.
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How to form a Past Simple

For Irregular verbs:

 all Irregular verbs have unique past simple
form
I built that shed last year. (build)
She taught English in 2017. (teach)
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Past Simple in Question form

For all verbs (Regular and Irregular)

 Did + verb
Did she arrive?
Did you ride your bicycle yesterday?
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Past Simple in Negation

For all verbs (Regular and Irregular)

 did + not (didn't) + verb
They did not go.
We didn't walk to school this morning.
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Past Perfect
tense
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tense
 indicates that an action was completed (finished or
"perfected") at some point in the past before something
else happened

 is used to make it clear that one event happened

before another in the past. It does not matter which
event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which
one happened first
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Simple
Regular Verbs
 had + the past participle of the main verb
(verb + ed)
They had cleared the table before the
manager came.
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Simple
Verbs ending in "e“
 had + past participle (verb + d)

I had saved my document before the

computer crashed.

When they arrived we had already started

cooking.
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Simple
Verbs ending in “y“ preceded by a
consonant
 y becomes i + ed

Before I knew it, she had buried the

evidence.
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Question
For Regular verbs
 had + past participle (verb + ed )

Had you cleaned up the mess by the

time they came home?

Had the teacher talked to him before

the principal came?
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Question
For Irregular verbs
 had + past participle (unique past perfect form)

Had Adam ever spoken to the CEO before he

was fired? (speak)

Had they paid for dinner before the waiter

came? (pay)
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Negation
For Regular verbs
 had + not (hadn't) + past participle (verb + ed)
They hadn't opened the window.
I hadn't listened to the news.
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Negation
For Irregular verbs
 had + not (hadn't) + past participle (unique past
perfect form)

I had not eaten at that restaurant before

today.

My friends hadn’t ever gone to France.

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Reference
Grammar and Composition Handbook (Grade 8)