is also a past tense
Le Plus-que-parfait
 is a past tense
 It needs a helping verb
 You need “avoir” or “être” in the
Imparfait
 You add the past participle to the
helping verb
The Plus-que-parfait
Is like the passé composé
It needs a helping verb
It needs the past participle
It is a compound tense
It is a past tense
Has the helping verb in the
Imparfait
Has the helping verb in the
present tense
The Plus-que-parfait
Is used to express a past action that
happened BEFORE another past
action.
You could have a passé composé
and a plus-que-parfait in the same
sentence.
Le plus-que-parfait
You could have the plus-que-parfait
and the passé composé in the same
sentence.
The plus-que-parfait can come first
or second in the sentence.
It will not change the meaning.
Example
 Quand je suis rentré chez moi, ma mère avait fini de
cuisiner.
 When I returned home, my mother had finished
cooking.