Past anterior (NOT IN EXAM)

Question 1

How is the past anterior formed?

Answer 1

Formed with the auxiliary in the past historic and the past participle

Question 2

What does the past anterior mark?

Answer 2

Anteriority, a past event taking place before another past event

Question 3

When is it used?

Answer 3

Only used when the main verb is in the past historic

Question 4

When is its main use?

Answer 4

In time clauses

Question 5

What time constructions trigger the past anterior?

Answer 5

à peine que + inversion, dès que, aussitôt que, sitôt que, après que, quand, lorsque, tant que, une fois que

Question 6

When else is the past interior used?

Answer 6

In main causes to indicate an action completed very quickly