Le Plus-que-parfait (The Pluperfect Tense)

What is the plus-que-parfait used to express?

• An action that will happen in the future

• An action that is happening now

• An action that happened before another past action

• An action that never happened

Fill in the blank: The plus-que-parfait is formed with the auxiliary verb ______ or ______ in the imperfect tense and the past participle of the main verb.

• avoir, être

• faire, aller

• venir, pouvoir

• voir, savoir

Which of the following is an example of the plus-que-parfait?

• Je mange

• J'avais mangé

• Je mangerai

• Je mangeais

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in plus-que-parfait: Nous ______ (finir) nos devoirs avant de sortir.

• avions fini

• avons fini

• finissions

• avions finissons

The plus-que-parfait is used to tell about an experience that happened in the past before another past event.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in plus-que-parfait: Elles ______ (arriver) avant le début du film.

• étaient arrivées

• sont arrivées

• arrivaient

• seraient arrivées

Fill in the blank: The French word 'déjà' is often used with the plus-que-parfait tense. Write the word that means 'already' in French.

• déjà

• jamais

• toujours

• parfois

Fill in the blank: The French word 'avant' is often used with the plus-que-parfait tense. Write the word that means 'before' in French.

• avant

• après

• pendant

• depuis

Fill in the blank: The French word 'quand' is often used with the plus-que-parfait tense. Write the word that means 'when' in French.

• quand

• où

• comment

• pourquoi

Fill in the blank: The French phrase 'parce que' is often used with the plus-que-parfait tense. Write the phrase that means 'because' in French.

• parce que

• pourquoi

• pendant que

• alors que