ENGLISH PROJECT#9 PAST VS PERFECT TENSE

ENGLISH PROJECT #9

~PAST TENSE VS PAST PERFECT TENSE~

hiii guyss back again with mee.... how are u guys? i hope you guys always doing fine

so for this week blog topic we will discuss about past tense vs perfect past tense.

so after u wach the video, u guys will know the diffrence betwwen past tense vs perfect past tense.

Simple Past Tense

Here is an infographic summarizing the simple past tense.

I played when I was younger.
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. (Italian sculptor Michelangelo)
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. (Actor and comedian Robert Benchley)
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. (French writer Voltaire)
I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake. (Comedian Mitch Hedberg)
I have never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance. (Actor Adrian Edmondson)
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

Here is an infographic summarizing the past perfect tense.

"had"

[past participle]

I had played already.
I had crossed the line. I was free, but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land. (Political activist Harriet Tubman)
I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different. (Poet T S Eliot)
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. (Journalist Mignon McLaughlin)
I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter.
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.
If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes. (Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky)
What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. (Author Sidonie Gabrielle Colette)
I had always seen myself as a star; I wanted to be a galaxy. (Dancer Twyla Tharp)