The students will understand that learning simple past and past perfect tenses are necessary in conveying messages. Thus, it will make the Filipinos be vigilant and well-informed about the events happening inside and outside of the country.

2. 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.
found
had reported
enjoyed had enjoyed
bought
had bought

3. Simple Past Tense Past Perfect Tense
I (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.

4. Simple Past Tense Past Perfect Tense
I 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.

5. 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.

6. Past Perfect Tense
Used 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.

7. 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.

8. Exercise

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. Graphic Organizer

20. 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.