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ENGLISH
Quarter 1 – Module 4

PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSES

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English – Grade 7
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First Quarter- Module 1: Simple Past and Past Perfect Tenses
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Quarter 1-Module 4
Past and Past Perfect Tenses

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 Introductory Message

To our dear learners,

Welcome to this module! You will be learning many things in this module that will
help you develop your English communication skill.
This module will provide you with the correct use of the Past and Past Perfect
Tenses of the verb in different situations. In this lesson, you will take a closer look of these
tenses in much more detailed structure and rules that surround their use. This will enable
you to communicate well both in writing and in speaking.
Before you will do the activities, you must familiarize the different set of headings
and learning icons that will help you understand the lesson.

This icon is used to introduce the

What I Need to Know learning objectives of this module.

This icon used to test what you have

What I Know learned in
this module.

This icon is used to connect your

What’s In previous learning with the new
lesson.

This icon is used to introduce new

What’s New lesson through a story, an activity, a
poem, song, situation or an activity.

This icon will help you understand the

What is It simple tense and past perfect tense
in various texts.

This icon will help you enrich your

What’s More learning of different tenses.

This icon will help you process what

What I Have Learned you have learned in the lesson.

This icon allows you to apply what

What I Can Do you have learned into real-life
situations.
 This icon evaluates your level of
Assessment mastery in achieving the learning
objectives.

This icon enhances your learning and

Additional Activities improves your mastery of the lesson.

This contains answers to all activities

Answer Key
in the module.
At the end of this module you will also find:

This is a list of all sources used in

References
developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Use your English answer sheet in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities included
in the module.
3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

Now that you know the different parts of this module, you are now ready to read and
do all the activities provided for you. Please do not write your answers on the module itself.
Your notebook is an important record for your accomplishments in English.

Are you now ready? Good luck as you begin!

 Table of Contents

What I Need to Know ----------------------------------------------- 1

What I Know ----------------------------------------------- 1
Lesson 1 Simple Past Tense ----------------------------------------------- 3
What’s In ----------------------------------------------- 3
Activity 1: Identify Me ----------------------------------------------- 3
What’s New ----------------------------------------------- 3
Activity 2: Animals in Action ----------------------------------------------- 4
What is It ----------------------------------------------- 4
Activity 3: In the Past ----------------------------------------------- 5
Activity 4: Gear Up ----------------------------------------------- 6
Activity 5: You Complete Me ----------------------------------------------- 6
Activity 6: Try this! ----------------------------------------------- 6
Activity 7: Race Up ----------------------------------------------- 7
Activity 8: Remember Me ----------------------------------------------- 8
Lesson 2 Past Perfect Tense ----------------------------------------------- 9
Activity 9: Chat with Us ----------------------------------------------- 9
Activity 10: Perfect! ----------------------------------------------- 10
Activity 11: Pick Me ----------------------------------------------- 11
What’s More ----------------------------------------------- 11
Activity 12: Arrange Me ----------------------------------------------- 11
What I Have Learned ----------------------------------------------- 13
Activity 13: Choose Me ----------------------------------------------- 13
What I Can Do ----------------------------------------------- 14
Activity 14: Quarantine Feels ----------------------------------------------- 14
Assessment ----------------------------------------------- 14
Additional Activity ----------------------------------------------- 16
Activity 15: Fill Me Up ----------------------------------------------- 16
Answer Key ----------------------------------------------- 17
References ----------------------------------------------- 19
 What I Need to Know

Your generation loves to express thoughts and emotions in social media and other
forms of writing though sometimes your grammar is incorrect. As you grow older and
prepare for the real world, you will tend to realize that knowing and using correct grammar
is very important. Thus, this module prepares you for your challenging role as a student in
terms of your speaking and writing abilities.

After reading this module, you will be able to communicate by using the correct
simple past and past perfect tenses of the verb (EN7G – III – h – 3). Specifically, you
should be able to:
a. identify past and past perfect tenses;
b. supply past form of regular and irregular verbs;
c. pick out verb phrases in the past perfect tense from given sentences; and,
d. construct sentences using past tense and past perfect tenses.

What I Know
(PRE-TEST)
A. Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. Choose the letter of your
choice then write it in your English answer sheet.

1. My neighbor _____ his lawn before he came over to clean mine.

A. had cleaned B. has cleaned C. is cleaning D. clean
2. I ______ an apple on my teacher’s desk before noticing the fifteen other apples in the
basket next to her.
A. had placed B. am placing C. was placed D. has placed
3. My son _______ his sister to her friend’s house before he went to the movies himself.
A. is driving B. has driven C. drives D. had driven

4. I ______ a report on how plants grow last year for class and built a diorama for this
year’s final project instead.
A. am writing B. had written C. writing D. writes

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5. I __________ a Gary Valenciano song for the talent show before my friends arrived in
the show.
A. was singing B. am singing C. had sang D. had sung
6. Last year, I __________ to Davao on a Holiday.
A. go B. goes C. went D. going
7. He __________ for twenty minutes for the bus yesterday.
A. waits B. was wait C. waited D. wait
8. My classmate and I ___________ our teacher about the test a while ago.
A. ask B. was asking C. asked D. asking
9. They __________ to the park because they were very tired.
A. not walk B. wasn’t walk C. no walk D. didn’t walk
10. They _________ to go camping in a park when they were children.
A. liked B. liking C. like D. likes

B. Directions: Write the correct simple past tense of the underlined verb found inside the
parenthesis.
Last year, my family 11. (goes) on a trip. We 12. (take) a plane from Palawan. We
13. (ride) to the airport on a bus. There were a lot of people on the bus. My father and I
stood while my mother and sister 14. (sit) down. My father 15. (carries) the baggage. My
mother gave the tickets to a man near the entrance door. The plane left after half an hour.
We flew to New York, USA. We had our breakfast on the plane. They had sandwiches, but
my sister didn’t eat it. We saw rivers and mountains. It was a wonderful trip ever.

Do you find it easy? If not, it’s alright. You will be given enough time to learn about
this new topic. Good luck!

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Lesson
Lesson
Simple Past Tense
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Do you enjoy talking with your friends about your past experience? How about
sharing action or dramatic scenes from your favorite movie? Do you know that the action
words you are using are in the past tense?

What’s In
Before learning the past tense of the verb, let us have a review from your previous
lesson which is the Active and Passive Voice.
Activity 1: Identify Me
Write AV if the verb in the sentence is in the Active Voice and PV if it is in Passive Voice.
Write your answer in your English
________ 1. Ivana cleans the house every Saturday.
________ 2. The flat tire was changed by Ricardo Dalisay.
________ 3. The entire building was painted by the parents.
________ 4. The teacher always answers the students’ questions.
________ 5. The (joey) or baby kangaroo was carried by its mother in her pouch.

Great! Surely, you have answered it well and now you are ready for your new lesson.
You can do it!

What’s New

Read the passage carefully and enjoy learning.

The Zoo
by Larry M. Lynch
Last Wednesday, we decided to visit the zoo. We arrived the next
morning after we breakfasted, cashed in our passes and entered. We
walked toward the first exhibit. I looked up at a giraffe as it stared back
at me. I stepped nervously to the next area. One of the lions gazed at
me as he lazed in the shade while the others

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glass in front of the monkey’s cage. They howled and screamed at us as
we hurried to another exhibit where we stopped and gawked at plumed
birds. After we rested, we headed for the petting zoo where we petted
wooly sheep who only glanced at us but goats butted each other and
nipped our clothes when we ventured too near their closed pen. Later, our
tired group nudged their way through the crowded paths and exited the
gate. Our car bumped, jerked and swayed as we dozed during the relaxed ride
home.

Great reading! I am sure that you would also like to go the zoo to see those animals.

Activity 2: Animals in Action

Answer the questions by writing the action in the past form of verb.
1. What did the friends do last Wednesday?
2. Give the actions of the following animals:
a. Giraffe
b. Lion
c. Monkeys
d. Goats

What is It

When talking about an action that happened in a specific time in the past, you need
to use the simple past tense. However, before using this tense, it is important to learn the
rules in using it. As with any part of English grammar, the rules of the simple past tense
should be applied each time it is used to form grammatically correct sentences. In this
section, you are going to learn how to do this effectively.

What is Simple Past Tense?

Verbs have different forms, called tenses. The tense of a verb tells us when the
action happens.
Simple past tense shows that an action started and completed in the past and has
no relevance to the present time at all. It can also be used to describe how someone felt,
what their emotional condition was, at a point in the past.
Examples: walked visited looked

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This time, you will learn the simple past tense structure.

Simple Past Tense Structure

Regular Verbs are verbs which are formed by adding -d or -ed of the word.
Examples:
1. Last Wednesday, we decided to visit the zoo.
2. We walked toward the first exhibit.
3. I looked up at a giraffe as it stared back at me.

The following are some of the rules for regular verbs.

1. For verbs ending in e, add d.

Examples:
Present Past Tense
Tense

live lived

love loved

date dated

agree agreed

care cared

Activity 3: In the Past

Write the correct form of the verb found inside the parenthesis.
1. My mother (welcome) our guests last fiesta.
2. The students (practice) their dance yesterday.
3. Tom (invite) us to his birthday party last Sunday.

2. For verbs ending in consonant + y, change y to i and add ed.

Present Past Tense

Tense

try tried

carry carried

dirty dirtied

hurry hurried

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Examples:

Activity 4: Gear Up
Write the past form of the verbs below.

1. spy - ________________
2. copy-________________
3. try- _________________
3. For other verbs, just add ed.
Examples:

Present Past Tense

Tense

cross crossed

jump jumped

lift lifted

allow allowed

Activity 5: You Complete Me

Complete the sentences in simple past tense.
1. I _______________ my teeth. (brush)
2. Susan __________ to me quietly. (talk)
3. Daniel __________ his toy. (fix)

Examples of Time Expressions Used with the Simple Past Tense

yesterday hour ago last weekend

last night last Saturday a year ago

Examples:
a. She worked hard last night.
S V (ed) time expression

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 b. The teacher dismissed the class early yesterday.
S V (ed) time expression

Activity 6: Try this!

Write the correct simple past tense found inside the parenthesis.

1. My Father ____________ (wash) his car yesterday.

2. They _____________ (study) for their exam last night.
3. We ___________ (play) mobile legend a while ago.

You have learned the simple past tense of regular verbs. This time, you will be
exploring about the simple past tense of irregular verbs and see their difference. Let’s get
started!

Have you experienced winning a race? How did you do it? Read and find out the
experience of the Hare and the Tortoise in the story.

The Hare and the Tortoise

by Unknown

One day, the Hare and the Tortoise decided to have a race. The Hare knew that he
could run faster than the Tortoise. But, the Tortoise was more intelligent than the Hare. ‘Yes,
I’ll race with you,’ said the clever Tortoise. The Tortoise had a clever plan. He found his
brothers and sisters and he told them to wait in different places along the path. The race
begun! The Tortoise ran as fast as possible. But the Hare was faster, of course. ‘This will be
a very easy race’, thought the Hare. So the Hare decided to have a rest, and he quickly fell
asleep at the side of the road. Suddenly, the Hare woke up and he saw a Tortoise ahead of
him! ‘How did he get ahead of me?’ the Hare asked himself. In fact, it was not his friend the
Tortoise. It was the tortoise’s sister. But to a Hare, all tortoises look the same. The Hare ran
past the Tortoise easily. Soon, he couldn’t see the Tortoise, so he sat down and he had
another rest. Then the Hare got up and continued the race.
But- as the Hare happily came around the last corner before the finish line – his
friend the tortoise crossed the line and won the race!

Activity 7: Race Up
Answer the questions by writing the action in the past form of verb.

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 1. What did the Hare and the Tortoise decide to do?
2. Give at least 4 actions of either the Hare or the Tortoise after the race begun.

Irregular Verbs are verbs that do not follow the simple system of adding “d” or “ed”
to the end of the word to form the past tense or past participle. There are a number of
irregular verbs.
Examples:
1. The Hare sat down an hour ago. (sit)
2. The Tortoise won the race. (win)
3. He told them to wait in different places along the path. (tell)
The verbs sat, won, and told are examples of irregular verbs.

SOME OF THE MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

Base Form Simple Past Past Participle

become became become

begin began begun
buy bought bought
come came come
cut cut cut
do did done
draw drew drawn
fall fell fallen
find found found
get got gotten
go went gone
know knew known
run ran run
throw threw thrown
wear wore worn

Since irregular verbs are commonly used, you can see and hear them in almost any
types or means of conversation. One good reminder is you familiarize yourself with these
irregular verbs through reading books or other reading materials.

Activity 8: Remember Me
Write the simple past form of each irregular verb.
1. buy - _______________
2. come - _______________
3. find - _______________
4. speak - _______________
5. know - _______________

Hurray! You have finally finished learning about the simple past tense of the regular
and irregular verbs. The next topic is more interesting!

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Lesson
Lesson
Past Perfect Tense
2
How do you keep in touch with your friends in this time of the pandemic? Do you still
communicate with them?
Read and understand the brief passage below to know what John, Ana, and Mary
talked about.

“John had called and asked Anna what time they should meet.
When Mary had asked Anna if she wanted to go to dinner, Anna told her
that she was busy and had already set an appointment with John.”

Activity 9: Chat with Us

Let’s find out if you really understand the short passage. Answer the following
questions.

1. What did John do?

2. What did Mary do?
3. Why was Anna busy?

Your answers are examples of verbs in the past perfect tense. You will learn more about
the past perfect tense as you go along this module.

Past Perfect Tense

• expresses the idea that an action happened before another action in the past.
• is in a verb phrase formed by combining had with the past participle of the main
verb.

Formula: had + past participle of the main verb

Examples using the past perfect tense of the verb

1. John had called Ana when Mary asked her to go out.

had + Past
Participle

2. After Anna had set an appointment, Mary called.

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 had + Past
Participle
Activity 10: Perfect!
Write the past perfect tense of the verb inside the parenthesis.

Example: The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) had built.

1. My brother ate all of the cake that our mother (bake) ___________.

2. I could not remember the poem we (learn) _____________.

3. The children collected the chestnuts that (fall)___________from the tree.

Having a hard time? You can always go back to the previous page to study it once
again.

Past Perfect Tense Structure

Past perfect tense is formed by using the word “had + past participle”.

Examples: had jumped had answered had played

had eaten had taught had set

In order to better understand the past perfect tense, you can use “time expression”
to emphasize the completed action.

Some Examples of Time Expressions Used with the Past Perfect Tense

Already Yet For Since

Just After Before Until

Examples:

1. When Judah went to Palawan, he had written a letter for his Mother.
Time had+ Past
Expression Participle

2. James had arrived at their house before his mother cooked dinner.
had+ Past Time
Participle Expression

3. After Dwight had eaten dinner, he and his brother watched basketball.
Time had+ Past
Expression Participle

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Activity 11: Pick Me
Pick out the verb phrase in the past perfect tense in each sentence.

Example: Cora had arrived before Shirley served breakfast.

1. They had collected all the money for the field trip when the bell rang.
2. He had learned Spanish before he went to Spain.
3. By the time I returned home, he had left.

Hey! Surely you’re having a good time learning this lesson. So, here are more
activities for you. Have fun!

What’s More
Activity 12: Arrange Me
Rearrange the letters to form the action word (verb) of each picture. Write your
answer in you English answer sheet.

a.) Action word(verb)

b.) Simple Past form
c.) Past Perfect form.

Example:

1 2.

8.

11
10.
3. 4.

5 6.

11. 12.

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What I Have Learned

Activity 13: Choose Me

Supply the missing word to complete the thought of the paragraph. Choose your
answer from the box.

d had regular

past perfect ed past tense

I have learned that ________ shows that an action started and completed in the
past that has a specific time expression. The __________ verbs form the simple past in
adding ________ or ________. The irregular verbs are common verbs that do not follow the
simple system of adding “d” or “ed” to the end of the word to form the past tense or past
participle.

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 The ________ is used to talk about actions that were completed before some point
in the past. It is also good to know that the past perfect tense is formed by combining
________ with the past participle of the main verb.

What I Can Do

Activity 14: Quarantine Feels

Now let us check your ability on using the simple past tense in a sentence. Answer
the following questions in a complete sentence.

1. Where did COVID-19 start?

___________________________________________________________________

2. When did the COVID-19 start spreading in the Philippines?

___________________________________________________________________

3. Why did you stay at home during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic?
___________________________________________________________________

4. What did you do during home quarantine?

___________________________________________________________________

5.How did you protect yourself and your family from the danger brought by COVID-19?

Yippee! You are done with your lessons in simple past tense and past
perfect tense.

Assessment
Let us now check your understanding by answering the following activities.

I. Write the correct simple past form of each verb inside the parenthesis.

I had a very bad weekend. Last Friday night, I _______ 1. (go) to the plaza to meet
my friend Jenny. We ______ 2. (want) to go to the movies, but she didn’t come, so I
________3. (watch) the movie alone. On Saturday morning, my father called me and we
worked in the yard. I hate working in the yard.

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 In the afternoon, I went to the mall with my friend. I _______ 4. (see) a lot of nice
things to buy, but I lost my wallet and ________ 5. (buy) nothing. On Sunday, my sister was
sick so I stayed at home and cared for her all day. I really didn’t have fun this weekend.

II. Complete the statement by filling in the blanks. Write only the letter of the correct answer.

6. Daisy _________ some chocolates to the birthday party last night.

A. bring B. brought C. had brought D. brings

7. I _________ a new song on the radio.

A. heard B. hear C. hears D. had heard

8. Peter _________ during the class, but now he doesn’t understand.

A. understands B. understand C. understood D. had understood

9. Ana _________ three books last week.

A. read B. reads C. red D. had read

10. The students _________ Italian to the visitors yesterday.

a. speak B. speaks C. had spoken D. spoke

III. Write Past Tense if the verb in the sentence is in the simple past tense and Past Perfect
Tense if it is in simple past perfect tense.

11. John told me he bought a new car. _________________

12. She had taken the medicine before she consulted the doctor. ____________
13. My mother forgot to buy some milk. ____________
14. After they had eaten the shellfish, they began to feel sick. ___________
15. He met his wife somewhere in Plaridel. ______________

Hurray! You are almost done in completing this module. Did you enjoy learning
simple past and perfect tenses? Surely, you can use it now correctly as you communicate
with your friends or teachers.

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 Additional Activity
Activity 15: Fill Me Up
Write a paragraph of 3 to 5 sentences about your home quarantine experience using
Simple Past Tense and Past Perfect Tense.
______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________.

SIMPLE PARAGRAPH RUBRIC

CRITERIA 4 3 2 1

Correct usage of either Correctly Correctly Correctly Not

or observed in all observed in 3-4 observed in 1-2 observed at
both past 5 sentences sentences sentences all.
tense and
past perfect tenses

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Answer Key

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