J’avais déjà pris mon petit déje quand elle est arrivée.
The pluperfect - Le plus-que-parfait
When
Use the pluperfect when a past action happened before another one.
J’avais déjà pris mon petit déje quand elle est arrivée.
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Practice
To practice your knowledge of the pluperfect in a sentence, hide either one of the two language columns, and translate into the other language. French to English is easier than English to French.
- J'aimerais venir avec vous mais j'avais déjà prévu quelque chose dimanche. .... I’d like to come to your home but I already had plans for Sunday.
- Tu avais fini le jeu quand elles sont arrivées. .... You had finished the game when they arrived.
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