Stage 16: Pluperfect Tense

What is NOT a principal part provided by the CLC?

• 1st Person Singular Present Tense

• Infinitive

• Imperative

• 1st Person Singular Perfect Tense

Put the Principal Parts in order as they appear in the CLC

• porto

• portavi

• portare

What principal part do you need to form the pluperfect tense?

• Present Tense

• Infinitive

• Perfect Tense

How do you translate the pluperfect (e.g. portaveram)?

• I carried

• I have carried

• I had carried

• I was carrying

The endings for the pluperfect tense (eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant) are the same as which tense of the verb "to be" (esse)?

• Present

• Imperfect

• Perfect

• Pluperfect

The pluperfect is used for an action which happens ______ an action in the past tense.

Organise the verbs into present, imperfect, perfect or pluperfect

Groups:

(a) Present

,

(b) Imperfect

,

(c) Perfect

,

(d) Pluperfect

• porto

• dicebant

• dixerant

• audiebas

• audivimus

• habuistis

• habeo

• audiveramus

• dico

• habebamus

• habueramus

• portavisti

• audio

• portabam

• portaveram

• dixerunt

Translate this sentence:

The girl had heard the shout.

puella - girl audio - I hear clamor - shout