Pluperfect Subjunctive

Question 1

The pluperfect subjunctive refers to action in the same time frame as the past perfect, but in a situation that requires the subjunctive.
Haber conjugation next slide

Answer 1

Hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran

Question 2

There wasn’t anybody who listened.

Answer 2

No había nadie que hubiera escuchado.

Question 3

I wasn’t sure they had heard me.

Answer 3

No estaba seguro de que me hubieran oído.

Question 4

It was a pity that the plumber hadn’t fixed the drain.

Answer 4

Fue una lástima que el fontanero no hubiera arreglado el desagüe.

Question 5

We wrote them a letter in case they hadn’t understood us.

Answer 5

Les escribimos una carta en caso de que no nos hubieran entendido.

Question 6

They were acting as if they had never met before.

Answer 6

Actuaban como si nunca se hubieran conocido antes.

Question 7

He didn’t believe that I had said such a thing.

Answer 7

El no creyó que yo hubiera dicho tal cosa.

Question 8

It was unlikely that she paid for the car in cash.

Answer 8

Fue improbable que ella hubiera pagado el coche al contado.

Question 9

There wasn’t anyone at the party who had travelled around the world.

Answer 9

No había nadie en la fiesta que hubiera viajado alrededor del mundo.

Question 10

I never believed that she had been Miss America.

Answer 10

Yo no creía nunca que ella hubiera sido Miss América.

Question 11

He refused to speak until we had locked the doors.

Answer 11

Él se negó a hablar hasta que hubiéramos cerrado las puertas.

Question 12

I sent him a telegram in case he hadn’t yet heard the good news.

Answer 12

Le envié un telegrama en caso de que él todavía no hubiera oído las buenas noticias.

Question 13

If there had been more time, I would have passed the test.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 13

Si hubiera más tiempo, yo habría aprobado el examen.

Question 14

If I had read this brook earlier, I wouldn’t have made so many mistakes in my life.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 14

Si yo hubiera leído este libro antes, no habría hecho/cometido tantos errores en mi vida.

Question 15

If Barbara had known the truth about Ken, would she have married him?

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 15

Si Barbara hubiera sabido la verdad acerca de Ken, ¿se habría casado con él?

Question 16

If you had warned us of the earthquakes, we wouldn’t have built our house in this area.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 16

Si nos hubieras advertido de los terremotos, no habríamos construido nuestra casa en este área.

Question 17

If you had called me ten minutes earlier, I wouldn’t have been home.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 17

Si me hubieras llamado diez minutos antes, (yo) no habría estado.

Question 18

I don’t know where I’d be if I hadn’t met you.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 18

No sé dónde estaría si no te hubiera conocido.

Question 19

If there had beed one ounce of truth in you speech, somebody would have believed you.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 19

Si hubiera habido una onza de verdad en ti discurso, alguien te habría creído.

Question 20

If you had been born two days earlier, we would have had the same birthday.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 20

Si hubieras nacido dos días antes, habríamos el mismo cumpleaños.

Question 21

If there hadn’t been a snow storm yesterday, there would have been one today.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 21

Si no hubiera una nevada ayer, habría habido una hoy.

Question 22

If we had known that you were in trouble, we would have offered you help.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 22

Si hubiéramos sabido que tenía dificultades, te habríamos ofrecido ayuda.

Question 23

If you hadn’t given me these mittens, I think I would have frozen to death.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 23

Si no me hubieras dado estas manoplas, creo que me habría muerto de frío.

Question 24

If anyone had told me that, I wouldn’t have believed it.

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 24

Si alguien me hubiera dicho eso, no lo habría creído.

Question 25

How would they have felt if you hadn’t received an invitation?

Hypothetical if-clauses/ pluperfect subjunctive is in the if-clause and the main clause is in the conditional Perfect.

Answer 25

¿Cómo se habrían sentido si no hubieras recibido una invitación?

Question 26

I wish that I’d never met him.

Answer 26

Quisiera que nunca lo hubiera conocido.

Question 27

I wish that you had more time.

Answer 27

Quisiera que hubiera tenido más tiempo.

Question 28

We wish that it had been warmer.

Answer 28

Quisiéramos que hubiera hecho más calor.

Question 29

Do you wish they hadn’t seen it?

Answer 29

¿Quisieras que no lo hubieran visto?

Question 30

I wish that I’d studied more when I was younger.

Answer 30

Quisiera que yo hubiera estudiado más cuando era menor.

Question 31

I wish that I’d spent less money last year.

Answer 31

Quisiera que you hubiera gastado menos dinero el año pasado.

Question 32

I wish that he had studied more in high school.

Answer 32

Yo quisiera que él hubiera estudiado más en la escuela secundaria.

Question 33

Do you wish that he had kept his word?

Answer 33

¿Quisieras que él hubiera cumplido su palabra?

Question 34

We wish that you had told us that this would be a formal party.

Answer 34

Quisiéramos que nos hubieras dicho que esto sería una fiesta formal.

Question 35

I wish that we hadn’t eaten lunch here.

Answer 35

Quisiera que no hubiéramos almorzado aquí.

Question 36

I wish that I’d tried these on these pants before buying them.

Answer 36

Quisiera que me hubiera probado estos pantalones antes de comprarlos.

Question 37

I wished that you hadn’t fried these sausages in lard.

Answer 37

Quisiera que no hubieras frito estas salchichas en manteca.

Question 38

I wished that it hadn’t rained on my parade.

Answer 38

Quisiera que no hubiera llovido en mi desfile.

Question 39

Do you sometimes wish that you’d been born in another century?

Answer 39

¿A veces quisieras que hubieras nacido en otro siglo?

Question 40

I wished that I had turned off the lights three hours ago.

Answer 40

Quisiera que hubiera apagado las luces hace tres horas.

Question 41

I wish that it hadn’t been so cold.

Answer 41

Quisiera que no hubiera hecho tanto frío.