PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT Unit 2 4th ESO

FORM USE MARKERS EXAMPLES

+ Subj.+verb (-ed/2nd col.) - We use it to talk - Before… - We arrived at the cinema
PAST SIMPLE

- Subj.+ didn’t+ infinitive about actions that - Until… at 8:00

? Did + subj. + infinitive? happened at a - By the time...
certain moment in - He wanted to visit London.
the past.
- When we arrived at the
cinema, the film had already
started.
(Cuando llegamos al cine, la
película ya había
empezado).
+ Subj. + had + verb (-ed/3rd col.) - We use it to talk - After...
- Subj. +hadn’t + verb (-ed/3rd col.) about actions that
PAST PERFECT

? Had + subj. + verb (-ed/3rd col.)
happened BEFORE - He wanted to visit London
another action that because he had never been
happened in the past there.
(Él quería visitar Londres
porque nunca había estado
allí.
- The film had started at
7:30
- He had never been to
London.