Le past perfect en anglais : Flashcards

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Q

Quand est-ce qu’on utilise ce temps?

A

pour parler d’un événement antérieur au preterit
pour faire un bilan d’un événement passé
avec “the first time” / “the second time”

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2
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Comment on conjugue ce temps?

A

sujet + have au preterit : HAD + participe passé

I Had looked

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3
Q

Indicateur temporel :

A

“the first time” quand il est accompagné du preterit

avec “just”

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Q

quand il arriva, nous découvrîmes que nous avions déjà vu ce film

A

When he arrived, we realized that we had already seen the movie

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En 2000 j’étais déjà allé 2 fois en Ecosse

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In 2000 I had already been two times in Scotland.

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C’était la première fois qu’elle le rencontrait

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It was the first time she had met him

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Elle venait de quitter la pièce quand la police est arrivée.

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She had just left the room when the police arrived

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