Perfect tenses are also known as compound tenses. La grammaire française: le plus-que-parfait
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We had had that car for two years before it broke down.He had never seen a kangaroo before he moved to Australia.He never saw a kangaroo before he moved to Australia.MAIS si le past perfect ne correspond pas à une action passée à un moment spécifique, on ne peut pas utiliser le past simple:
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I thought we had already decided to go to Paris this summer.‘I lost my wallet’ => She said she had lost her wallet.‘I have seen... ‘ => He said he had seen….* Pour le discours indirect, quand on veut raconter ce que quelqu’un a dit, pensé ou cru (souvent avec les verbes said, told, thought, explained, asked, wondered, believed…) I wish I had done scuba diving when I went to Indonesia.She wishes she had stayed in Miami longer.I wish he hadn’t failed his driving exam.If only I had invited her to the cinema.* Pour exprimer le regret (avec ‘wish’ ou ‘If only’) If I hadn’t drunk so much coffee, I would have slept last night.If John had been able to drive a car, he would have gone home earlier.* Pour exprimer un passé hypothétique, avec if (pour parler de choses qui auraient pu arriver) I had eaten dinner before they arrived.She checked with the post office and they still hadn’t received her package.He was not able to get a ticket for the show because he hadn’t booked in advance.Had Tom studied english before he moved to the USA ?.Barbara knew Sydney well because she had visited the city many times.I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.I had never eaten such a good sushi before I went to Japan.By the time Tina finished shopping, John had been at the bar for one hour.We watched a horror movie after the kids had gone to bed.The bus had already left when Tom arrived at the bus stop.On emploie le past perfect pour parler de l’action qui se passe en premier, et le past simple (= preterit) pour la deuxième. * Lorsque deux actions ont eu lieu à des moments différents dans le passé (-) She had not studied Japanese before she moved to Tokyo.(?) Had she studied Japanese before she moved to Tokyo ?.(+) She had studied Japanese before she moved to Tokyo.Sujet + had (have au past simple) + participe passé (worked, been, gone…)
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Pour la traduction en français, en peut dire que c’est l’équivalent du plus que parfait (ex: ‘ Elle avait étudié…’ ‘Il était déjà parti…’ ).Ĭliquez-ici pour télécharger et imprimer cette leçon en PDF gratuit. Le past perfect (parfois appelé pluperfect) est utilisé lorsque l’on veut parler de deux événements passés successifs, c’est-à-dire pour parler d’une action qui s’est déroulée avant une autre action passée.