Past simple vs Past Perfect

We use both past simple and past perfect to talk about situations in the past

• Yes

• No

• Birds

I got home, my dad prepared me some food.

• First you got home then your dad prepared the food

• First your dad prepared the food then you got home

When I got home, my dad had prepared the food already.

• You got home and your dad wasn't preparing food

• You got home and your dad only then prepared food

We use past perfect to talk about a situation that happened before a mentioned situation.

eg: "The moment I arrived, she had already left"

• Yes

• No

We use the simple past to talk about a situation that happened in a particular moment in the past and has no relation with the present.

eg: "I ate a bar of chocolate yesterday"

• Yes

• No

We use Past Perfect for an action which happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past.

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

 I opened my handbag to find that I ________________________________ (forgot) my credit card.  

• forgot
• had forgotten 

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CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.4.1B

When we ________________________________ (arrive) at the station, the train had already left. 

• arrived 
• had arrived

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CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E

She ____________ her car carefully yesterday.

• drive
• drove
• drived
• drave

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CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

Mona didn't __________ a story yesterday.

• wrote
• write
• writed
• wroted

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CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D