Past Perfect Subjunctive

Question 1

Yo esperaba que el avión [had arrived].

Answer 1

Yo esperaba que el avión hubiera llegado.

I hoped that the plane had arrived.

Question 2

Rosario quería que [we had paid] la cuenta.

Answer 2

Rosario quería que hubiéramos pagado la cuenta.

Rosario wanted that we had paid the bill.

Question 3

Me alegré de que ella [had returned].

Answer 3

Me alegré de que ella hubiera vuelto.

I was glad that she had returned.

Question 4

Ella dudaba que sus amigos [had been right].

Answer 4

Ella dudaba que sus amigos hubieran tenido razón.

She doubted that her friends had been right.

Question 5

Yo no creía que el alcalde te [had recognized].

Answer 5

Yo no creía que el alcalde te hubiera reconocido.

I didn’t believe that the mayor had recognized you.

Question 6

El niño temía que su madre [had gone].

Answer 6

El niño temía que su madre se hubiera ido.

The child feared that his mother had gone.

Question 7

Lo sentimos que Uds. [had not felt well].

Answer 7

Lo sentimos que Uds. no se hubieran sentido bien.

We were sorry that you had not felt well.

Question 8

Fue posible que los niños [had fallen asleep].

Answer 8

Fue posible que los niños se hubieran dormido.

It was possible that the children had fallen asleep.

Question 9

Era importante que yo [had attended] a la conferencia en México.

Answer 9

Era importante que yo hubiera asistido a la conferencia en México.

It was important that I had attended the conference in Mexico.

Question 10

Ojalá que yo [had known].

Answer 10

Ojalá que yo hubiera sabido.

I wish that I had known. [Would to God that I had known.]

Question 11

Ojalá que la [we had found].

Answer 11

Ojalá que la hubiéramos encontrado.

Would to God that we had found her.
I wish that we had found her.

Question 12

Ojalá que ellos [had stayed].

Answer 12

Ojalá que ellos se hubieran quedado.

Would to God that they had stayed.
I wish that they had stayed.

Question 13

La niña quisiera que su mamá le [had given] un caballo para su cumpleaños.

Answer 13

La niña quisiera que su mamá le hubiera dado un caballo para su cumpleaños.

The girl wished that her mother had given her a horse for her birthday.

Question 14

Ellos quisieran que el hotel [had had] una piscina.

Answer 14

Ellos quisieran que el hotel hubiera tenido una piscina.

They wished that the hotel had had a swimming pool. [Note: The verb ‘querer’ can be used in the imperfect subjunctive in a main clause, where it is used to soften statements and questions.]

Question 15

¿Quisieras tú que yo te [had told] la verdad?

Answer 15

¿Quisieras tú que yo te hubiera dicho la verdad?

Did you wish that I had told you the truth?

Question 16

Si [I had had] más tiempo, yo [would have gone] a verlo.

Answer 16

Si yo hubiera tenido más tiempo, yo habría ido a verlo.

If I had had more time, I would have gone to see him.

Question 17

Si Paulo [had followed] las direcciones, él [would have arrived] a tiempo.

Answer 17

Si Paulo hubiera seguido las direcciones, él habría llegado a tiempo.

If Paul had followed the directions, he would have arrived on time.

Question 18

Ella [would have known] la respuesta si [she had read] el cuento.

Answer 18

Ella habría sabido la respuesta si hubiera leído el cuento.

She would have known the answer if she had read the short story.

Question 19

[We would have watched] la película si [we had been able to find] la grabación.

Answer 19

Habríamos mirado la película si hubiéramos podido hallar la grabación.

We would have watched the movie if we had been able to find the tape.

Question 20

Si Ana [had put] las gafas en la mesa, ella las [would have found].

Answer 20

Si Ana hubiera puesto las gafas en la mesa, ella las habría encontrado.

If Ana had put the eyeglasses on the table, she would have found them.

Question 21

Si mis padres [had arrived] ayer, [we would have been able to go] a Toledo esta tarde.

Answer 21

Si mis padres hubieran llegado ayer, habríamos podido ir a Toledo esta tarde.

If my parents had arrived yesterday, we would have been able to go to Toledo this afternoon.

Question 22

Ojalá que [they had won] el premio.

Answer 22

Ojalá que hubieran ganado el premio.

I wish that they had won the prize.

Question 23

[If WE had lived] en los días de nuestros antepasados, [we would not have been complicit with them] para derramar la sangre de los profetas. Mateo 23:30

Answer 23

Si hubiéramos vivido nosotros en los días de nuestros antepasados, no habríamos sido cómplices de ellos para derramar la sangre de los profetas

If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have been complicit with them in spilling the blood of the prophets.