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Level 79 - Pluperfect Tense

The pluperfect tense is used to explain what had happened. To make it, take the imperfect tense of the verb avoir 'to have' (see Level 74) and add the past participle of the verb which had been done. With the verbs which need être 'to be' in the perfect tense (see Levels 61 and 62), use the imperfect of être and make the past participle agree with the person(s) performing the verb. Here are some examples:

j'avais mangé le sandwich
tu étais arrivé
il m'avait attendu
elle était partie
nous avions fini
vous en aviez pris
ils avaient ouvert la porte
elles y étaient retournées
  I had eaten the sandwich
you had arrived
he had waited for me
she had left
we had finished
you had taken some
they had opened the door
they had returned there

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