Simple Past and Past Perfect Tense

I (find) ___________ my wallet yesterday.She (enjoy) ________ the trip last summer. They (buy) _________ notebooks last weekend.

I found my wallet after I (report) ___________ it to the lost and found committee. She (enjoy) __________the trip by the time she entered High School. They (buy) ___________ notebooks before she entered the classroom.

foundhad reported

enjoyed

had enjoyed

bought had

bought

Simple Past Tense Past Perfect TenseI (find) ___________ my wallet yesterday.

I found my wallet after I (report) ___________it to the lost and found committee.

She (enjoy) ___________ the trip last summer.

She (enjoy) ___________ the trip by the time she entered High School.

They (buy) ___________ notebooks last weekend.

They (buy) ___________ notebooks before she entered the classroom.

Simple Past Tense Past Perfect TenseI found my wallet yesterday.

I found my wallet after I had reported it to the lost and found committee.

She enjoyed the trip last summer.

She had enjoyed the trip by the time she entered High School.

They bought notebooks last weekend.

They had bought notebooks before she entered the classroom.

Simple Past Tense

Indicates an action or condition that already happened or existed at some definite time in the past

I found my wallet yesterday.She enjoyed the trip last summer.

They bought notebooks last weekend.

Past Perfect TenseUsed to indicate an action that happened already before another past action

I found my wallet after I had reported it to the lost and found committee. She had enjoyed the trip by the time she entered High School. They had bought notebooks before she entered the classroom.

Simple Past Tense

• Describes one event (or state) which occurred in the past.

Past Perfect Tense

• When two events are stated or implied, the past perfect is used to describe the earlier event.

Exercise

1.We (go) _________ to Boracay in 2012.

went

2. Cheryl (graduate) ____________ from College before she went to Boracay.

had graduated

3. I just (buy) _________ a new car. bought

4. He (discover) _________ that there are satellites around the planet Jupiter.

discovered

5. Felix Hidalgo (win) _________ a prize in painting contest in Madrid when the Filipino community there honored him.

had won

6. Peter (get) _________ into shape before he entered the race.

had gotten

7. Last Friday, we (discuss) _________ about polygons.

discussed

8. For centuries, reduction in the earth’s biological stock (hinder) _________ human progress little, if at all.

hindered

9. When I got to the beach, the dark clouds (move) _________ in. had

moved

10. I came to class after I (eat) _________ breakfast.

had eaten

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Assignment (1/2 crosswise)

•Research the 6 time words that are often used with the past perfect tense.•Give 1 example for each time word.