pluperfect tense

Question 1

What is the pluperfect and when do we use it?

Answer 1

It is used to talk about actions which happened further back in the past such as i had done

Question 2

can u give an example ?

Answer 2

elle avait habité en France avant de venir en Angleterre - she had lived in France before coming to England
It’s also used to report what somebody said:

« Marie est partie en vacances » - “Marie has gone on holiday” → il a dit que Marie était partie en vacances - he said that Marie had gone on holiday