Pluperfect Tense - Regular IR Verbs
French: AQA GCSE (2025 Exams), topic 5.2.2
Regular IR Verbs in the Pluperfect Tense
The pluperfect tense translates as 'I had done something'. It's formed using the imperfect of 'avoir' and then a past participle. With 'avoir', the past participle only agrees if there's a direct object. Here's the example with 'finir':
J'avais fini - I had finished
Tu avais fini - you had finished
- 'Tu' means 'you' (singular).
Il/elle/on avait fini - he/she/one had finished
Nous avions fini - we had finished
Vous aviez fini - you had finished
- 'Vous' means:
- You (plural).
- You (singular, formal).
Ils/elles avaient fini - they had finished
Test yourself on Pluperfect Tense - Regular IR Verbs
'Dormir' (to sleep) has a regular past participle. How do you say 'they had slept' in French?
Which one of the following is NOT a correct form of 'finir' in the pluperfect tense?