ENGLISH : Past and Perfect Past Tense

• SIMPLE PAST TENSE shows that an action started and completed in the past and has no relevance to the present time. Describes how somehow felt, what their emotional condition was, at a point in the past.
• What is Simple Past Tense?

  The simple past tense shows that an action started and completed in the past and has no relevance to the present time at all. It can also be used to describe how someone felt, what their emotional condition was, at a point in the past. There are no forms of the verb to be' or to have (was, were) with this tense as there are with others.
• Verbs have different forms, called tenses. The tense of a verb tells us when the action happens.
• For most verbs, the simple past tense is created by adding d, ed or ied at the end of the word. These are called regular verbs.
• Time Expressions Used with the Simple Past Tense

  yesterday

  hour ago

  last weekend

  last night

  last Saturday

  a year ago
• Verbs ending in consonant + y. change y to i and add ed.
• Irregular verbs are common verbs in English that do not follow the simple system of adding "d" or "ed" to the end of the word to form the past tense or past participle.
• do did done
• draw drew drawn
• wear wore worn
• throw threw thrown
• know knew known
• go went gone
• Past Perfect Tense

  Expresses the idea that an action happened before another action in the past. Forms by combining had with the past participle of the main verb
• Had + past participle of the main verb (ex. had asked) is called verb phrase

  Formula: had + past participle of the main verb
• Examples using the Past Perfect Tense of the verb

  1. John had called Ana when Mary asked her to go out. had + Past Participle

  2. After Anna had set an appointment, Mary called. had + Past Participle
• Past Perfect Tense Structure

  Past perfect tense is formed by using the word "had + past participle"
• In order to better understand the Past Perfect Tense, you can use "time expression" to emphasize the completed action.
• Some Examples of Time Expressions Used with the Past Perfect Tense

  Already

  Just

  Yet

  After

  For

  Before

  Since

  Until
• Sentences:

  1. When Judah went to Palawan, he had written a letter for his Mother.

  Time Expression

  had Past Participle

  2. James had arrived at their house before his mother cooked dinner.

  had+ Past