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Diferencias entre el 'past perfect' y el 'past simple'

Ambos se re eren a acciones o estados pasados aunque tienen usos diferentes:

1 El 'simple past' se puede utilizar para hablar de una acción o estado nalizado o para
acciones que tienen lugar casi simultáneamente.

I painted my house yesterday.

Pinté mi casa ayer.

When she saw him she began to cry.

Cuando ella lo vio comenzó a llorar.

3 El 'past perfect' se re ere a una acción o estado que comenzó en el pasado y que es
anterior a otra acción también en el pasado.

He had cooked the dinner already when she arrived.

Él había hecho la cena cuando ella llegó.

Una de las oraciones suele ir introducida por 'when', 'after' o 'before'.

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She had already gone home before he arrived.

Ella ya se había ido a casa antes de que él llegara.

When she had nished her tasks, she left.

Cuando ella había terminado sus tareas, se fue.

After she died, her husband moved with their son.

Tras la muerte de ella, su marido se mudó con su hijo.

A veces estas partículas marcan el orden de las acciones, por lo que no es necesario poner el
past perfect.

After she (had) nished her tasks, she left.

Después de que terminó se fue.

He took my plate before I (had) nished.

Se llevó mi plato antes de que terminara.

A veces el empleo de un tiempo verbal u otro cambia el signi cado de la oración.

When he arrived, she began to cry.

Cuando él llegó, ella comenzó a llorar (una acción tuvo lugar después de otra).

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When he arrived, she had cried.

Cuando él llegó ella había llorado (la segunda acción había tenido lugar antes que la primera).

When he had arrived she began to cry.

Cuando había llegado comenzó a llorar (la primera acción había tenido lugar antes de la
segunda).

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Ejercicios
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Elige la forma verbal correcta para las siguientes oraciones:

1 We the lm while we had dinner.

2 My father was annoyed because we the homework.

3 He found a job two years after he school.

4 They before they had their baby.

5 My uncle bought a Porsche because he the lottery.

6 She was very active although she any co ee.

7 We a new house when the earthquake destroyed our home.

8 I asked the teacher because I the question.

9 They before that day.

10 Paul and Tom didn´t know each other although they neighbours for ten

years.

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Conditional continuous Conditional perfect continuous

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Conditional simple Verb tenses

State verbs

Ejercicios interactivos

Exercises: Conditional simple Exercises: Conditional continuous I

Exercises: Conditional perfecto Ejercicios de conditional perfecto continuo

Ejercicios de condicional continuo simple y Conditional perfect

perfecto

Future continuous Exercises: Simple future I

Exercises: Simple future and present Exercises: Simple future and Future
continuous continuous II

Exercises: Simple future and Future Exercises: Future perfect

continuous III

Exercises: Future Exercises: Future perfect or Future perfect

continuous

Exercises: Future tenses I Exercises: Future tenses II

Exercises: Future tenses III Exercises: Future tenses IV

Exercises: Simple future II Exercises: Simple future III

Exercises: Be going to I Exercises: Be going to II

Exercises: Simple future and ‘Be going to’ I Exercises: Simple future and ‘be going to’ II

Exercises: Simple future and ‘be going to’ III Exercises: Simple future, ‘be going to’ and
simple present IV

Future forms Future perfect continuous

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Future perfect Future simple and continuous

Gerund Imperative with ‘let’

Imperative In nitive or -ing form

In nitive with ‘to’ In nitive without ‘to’

In nitive Verbs ing part I

Ejercicios: -ing /to + in nitive /bare Ejercicios: -ing /to + in nitive /bare
in nitive I in nitive II

Ejercicios verbos ing parte I Verbs in ing part II

Verbs ing part 3 Verbs in ing part 4

Ejercicios verbos ing parte II Ejercicios verbos en ingles Parte I

Ejercicios verbos en ingles Parte II Ejercicios: -ing /to + in nitive /bare

in nitive III

Ejercicios: -ing /to + in nitive /bare Ing form

in nitive IV

Irregular past participle Irregular simple past

Table de verbos irregulares Ingles Past continuous a rmative

Past continuous: Gramatica inglesa Past continuous negative

Past continuous Past participle

Past perfect simple and continuous Past perfect continuous: Gramatica inglesa

Exercises: Past perfect simple I Exercises: Present and Past (simple,

continuous and perfect)

Exercises: Past perfect negative Exercises: Past perfect continuous

Exercises: Past perfect continuous II Exercises: Past perfect continuous III

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Exercises: Simple past and Past perfect I Exercises: Simple past and Past perfect II

Exercises: Simple past and Past perfect III Exercises: Simple past and Past perfect IV

Past perfect Past simple and past continuous

Perfect future simple & continous Present perfect simple & continuous

Present continuous a rmative Present continuous interrogative

Present continuous Ejercicios interactivos: presente simple

a rmativo I

Exercises: Present continuous interrogative Exercises – Present simple and present

exercises continuous I

Exercises: Present simple and continuous Exercises: Present simple and continuous
exercises II exercises III

Exercises: Present simple a rmative Exercises: Present simple negative

exercises exercises I

Exercises: Present simple negative Exercises: Present simple interrogative

exercises II exercises I

Exercises: Present simple interrogative Exercises: Present continuous exercises

exercises II

Exercises: Present continuous a rmative Exercises: Present continuous negative

exercises exercises

Present participle Present perfect with adverbs

Present perfect a mative Present perfect continuous

Exercises: Present perfect simple + just, Exercises: Present perfect simple +

ever, for, since yet/already/just

Exercises: Simple present and present Past, present simple, perfect simple
perfect exercises

P f t ti f t i l E i t
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Perfect continuous, perfect simple, Exercises: present perfect simple, simple
continuous present, past simple

Present perfect simple, present continuous Exercises: pesente perfect, present perfect
exercises continuous, past simple and past
continuous

Exercises: Present perfect simple II Exercises: Present perfect simple III

Exercises: Present perfect simple Exercises: Present perfect simple V

Present perfect simple exercises Present perfect simple, present continuous

Exercises: Present perfect simple + Exercises: Present perfect simple +

just/ago/for/since ever/for/since

Present perfect interrogative Present perfect negative

Present perfect Simple present and present continuous

Simple future with ‘will’ Simple future

Simple Past A rmative Form Exercises: Simple past I

Exercises: Past continuous II Exercises: Past continuous III

Exercises: Past simple and past continuous Exercises of Past simple and past
I continuous II

Exercises: Past simple and past continuous Exercises – Past simple, past continuous,
III present simple and present continuous

Exercises: Present simple, present Exercises: present continuous, simple past

continuous and past simple or past continuous

Exercises: Simple past and past continuous Exercises: Simple past III
II

Exercises: Simple past IV Exercises: Simple past V

Exercises: Simple present and simple past Exercises: Simple present and simple past
exercises I exercises II

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Exercises: Simple present and simple past Exercises: Past continuous I

exercises III

Simple past interrogative Simple past negative

The simple past explained Simple present tense a rmative

Simple present and simple future Simple present interrogative

Simple present negative Simple present

Subjunctive Be going to

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