Past Perfect and Past Simple

PAST SIMPLE

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PAST PERFECT

PAST SIMPLE

I didn't drink Kubuś yesterday.

I drank Tymbark yesterday.

Did you drink coffee yesterday?

drink - drank -drunk work - worked

We use it for (a series of) completed actions in the past.

PAST SIMPLE - TO BE

Was she nervous about the test two days ago?

You weren't on holidays last month.

I was at the doctor's yesterday.

be -was/were - been

PAST PERFECT

Had you drunk coffee before she arrived?

I hadn't drunk Kubuś before she arrived.

I had drunk Tymbak before she arrived.

drink - drank -drunk work - worked

Expresses a past action, already finished when another past action happened had + past participle

PAST PERFECT & PAST SIMPLE

Had the water boiled when you went to the kitchen?

She hadn't washed her hands before she cooked dinner.

I had lived in New York, before I moved to Mońki.

PAST PERFECT & PAST SIMPLE

7.30

After I had eaten breakfast, I went to school. Before I went to school, I had eaten breakfast.

I went to school

I ate breakfast

7.00

present

PAST PERFECT & PAST SIMPLE

Before I went to school, I had eaten breakfast.

I went to school

I ate breakfast

7.00

7.30

present

on 17 April 2020

TIME EXPRESSIONS

after/before

never

by the time

already

just

in 2019

two days ago

last year

yesterday

PAST PERFECT

PAST SIMPLE

COMPARISON

1. She ______________BUY) the newspaper yesterday.2. We ________________ (NOT/USE) the computer last night.3. How many goals _______________ (YOUR TEAM/SCORE ) in the first half?

PAST PERFECT

1. Janina suddenly realised that she ______________ (LEAVE) her laptop on the train.2. The grass was yellow because it _______________(NOT RAIN) all summer.3. _______________(THEY/STUDY) English before they went to the USA?

PAST SIMPLE

When she _______________(ARRIVE) the match __________________ (ALREADY/START).

You ________________ (NOT STUDY) for the test, so you _____________ (BE) very nervous.

He _______________(NOT USE) email before, so I _____________ (SHOW) him how to use it.

We ____________ (BE) late for the plane because we_______________ (FORGET) our passports.

PAST PERFECT & PAST SIMPLE

The doctor _________(TAKE OFF) the plaster that he ____________ (PUT ON) six weeks before.

My brother_____________ (EAT) all of the cake that our mum __________________ (MAKE).

The storm _____________ (DESTROY) the sandcastle that we _____________(BUILD).

2. Before she ....

1. After she ....

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4. Before she ....

3. After she ....

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6. By the time...

5. He suddenly ....

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8. Before she ....

7. She suddenly ....

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10. The man ....

9. When he ....

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The man tried to rob....

Write the story using Past Perfect and Past Simple

Monday night

He is taken to court.

Monday7:55 am

Tuesday

Monday 8:05 am

Monday8:00 am

The robber spends the night at the police station.

The police officer arrests the man.

The robber tries to rob the shop. He doesn't know the policeman is there.

The police officer enters the jeweller's.

Thanks!