1. relating to or denoting a verb tense that expresses action completed before a specified past time
Usage: grammar

1. the pluperfect tense or a verb form in this tense
Usage: grammar

Examples

• The pluperfect tense is formed with ‘had’ plus the past participle.
• In the sentence ‘She had finished her homework before dinner,’ ‘had finished’ is in the pluperfect.
• Students often confuse the simple past with the pluperfect tense.
• The pluperfect indicates that one past action occurred before another past action.
• French has a pluperfect tense similar to English.
• The verb ‘had gone’ in ‘He had gone home’ is a pluperfect form.