Pluperfect Tense

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What is the pluperfect tense used for?

To say what HAD happened in the past

(eg, when we HAD finished....)
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How do you form the pluperfect tense?

Imperfect tense part of avoir/être (auxillery verb)

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Past participle of word
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She had missed....

Elle avait oublié

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We had got up

Nous nous étions lévés

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I had reserved/I had left

J'avais réservé
J'étais parti(e)
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For verbs with etre, the past participle....

Must agree with the subject (eg nous étions partiS)

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Write out avoir in the imperfect tense

J'avais
Tu avais
Il/Elle/On avait
Nous avions
Vous aviez
Ils/Elles avaient
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Write out etre in the imperfect tense

J'étais
Tu étais
Il/Elle/On était
Nous étions
Vous étiez
Ils/Elles étaient

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His father had burned the cakes

Son père avait brûlé les gâteux
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Her sister had fallen down the stairs

Sa soeur était tombée dans l'escalier
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Her grandmother had lost her glasses

Sa grand-mère avait perdu ses lunettes
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His little brother had broken his arm

Son petit frère sétait cassé le bras
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The dog had eaten a sock

Le chien avait mangé une chaussette
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