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Le past perfect (plus-que-parfait)

Le passé du passé : exprimer une action antérieure à une autre action passée

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Ces exercices corrigés sur « Le past perfect (plus-que-parfait) » en troisième permettent de s'entraîner et de vérifier ses acquis en anglais. Ils suivent le programme officiel de troisième et sont classés par difficulté (facile, moyen, difficile). Au programme : Le passé du passé : à quoi sert le past perfect ?, Formation : had + participe passé, Négation, question, réponses courtes, Prétérit ou past perfect ? La chronologie. Écris ta réponse puis clique sur « Vérifier » : la correction est immédiate et tolère majuscules, espaces et ponctuation. Cet entraînement aide à mémoriser les méthodes, repérer ses erreurs et gagner en confiance avant un contrôle. Exercices gratuits proposés par un professeur particulier à Marseille pour réviser anglais en troisième.

Entraîne-toi par niveau. Écris ta réponse puis clique sur « Vérifier » (ou tape Entrée). La correction tolère majuscules, espaces et ponctuation.

Facile
Ex. 1 — Had + participe passéConjugue le verbe entre parenthèses au past perfect (forme affirmative).
By midnight, the guests (leave) .
She (forget) her umbrella at the office.
We (never / visit) Scotland before that summer.
The pupils (already / hand in) their essays.
The thieves (steal) two paintings before the alarm rang.
My grandfather (write) three novels by the age of forty.
Voir le corrigé
  1. had left — leave – left – left.
  2. had forgotten — forget – forgot – forgotten.
  3. had never visited — never entre had et le participe.
  4. had already handed in — already entre had et le participe.
  5. had stolen — steal – stole – stolen.
  6. had written — write – wrote – written.
Ex. 2 — Negative and questionsTransforme selon la consigne entre crochets. Écris la phrase complète, avec la contraction au négatif.
[négatif] Oscar had finished his homework.
[question] The bus had left.
[négatif] They had heard the news.
[question avec Why] She had cancelled the trip.
[réponse courte, oui] Had you locked the door? —
[réponse courte, non] Had the children eaten? —
Voir le corrigé
  1. Oscar hadn't finished his homework. — had not → hadn't.
  2. Had the bus left? — Had + sujet + PP ?
  3. They hadn't heard the news. — hadn't heard.
  4. Why had she cancelled the trip? — Why had + sujet + PP ?
  5. Yes, I had. — On répète had seul.
  6. No, they hadn't. — No, they hadn't.
Moyen
Ex. 3 — Preterite or past perfect?Conjugue les deux verbes : l'action la plus ancienne au past perfect, l'autre au prétérit.
When Mia (open) the fridge, someone (eat) ___ the whole cake.
The match (already / begin) when we (find) ___ our seats.
He (fail) the test because he (not / revise) ___.
After the rain (stop) , the children (run) ___ outside.
By the time the ambulance (arrive) , the man (wake) ___ up.
I (recognise) the actress at once: I (see) ___ her in two films.
Voir le corrigé
  1. opened / had eaten — Le gâteau a été mangé avant l'ouverture.
  2. had already begun / found — begin – began – begun.
  3. failed / hadn't revised — La cause (ne pas réviser) est antérieure à l'échec.
  4. had stopped / ran — after + past perfect ; run – ran.
  5. arrived / had woken — wake – woke – woken.
  6. recognised / had seen — see – saw – seen.
Ex. 4 — Irregular past participlesÉcris le participe passé du verbe entre parenthèses pour compléter le past perfect.
The glass had (break) into a hundred pieces.
Nobody had (drive) that old car for years.
The birds had (fly) south before the first frost.
She had (choose) the blue dress the day before.
I had (know) him since primary school.
The water had (freeze) during the night.
They had (speak) to the manager twice.
Voir le corrigé
  1. broken — break – broke – broken.
  2. driven — drive – drove – driven.
  3. flown — fly – flew – flown.
  4. chosen — choose – chose – chosen.
  5. known — know – knew – known.
  6. frozen — freeze – froze – frozen.
  7. spoken — speak – spoke – spoken.
Difficile
Ex. 5 — Find and correct the mistakeChaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris la phrase correcte en entier.
When we got to the beach, the tide has gone out.
She had wrote the letter before the postman came.
Did they had finished the exam when the bell rang?
I had visited Rome last year.
After he had had dinner, he had watched TV.
They hadn't seen yet the film.
Voir le corrigé
  1. When we got to the beach, the tide had gone out. — Récit au passé → had, pas has.
  2. She had written the letter before the postman came. — Participe passé : written.
  3. Had they finished the exam when the bell rang? — Pas de did : Had they finished…?
  4. I visited Rome last year. — Une seule action datée, sans repère antérieur → prétérit.
  5. After he had had dinner, he watched TV. — Seule l'action la plus ancienne (dinner) est au past perfect.
  6. They hadn't seen the film yet. — yet en fin de phrase.
Ex. 6 — Translation and storyTraduis en anglais, puis complète librement les deux dernières phrases.
Quand elle est rentrée, son frère avait déjà mangé toute la pizza.
Nous n'avions jamais vu la neige avant ce voyage.
Avais-tu fermé la fenêtre avant de partir ?
Il était en colère parce que le train était parti sans lui.
Complete with a past perfect: « When I woke up this morning, … » (one sentence)
Complete with a preterite and a past perfect: « The teacher was surprised because … » (one sentence)
Voir le corrigé
  1. When she came home, her brother had already eaten the whole pizza. — had already eaten.
  2. We had never seen snow before that trip. — had never seen.
  3. Had you closed the window before leaving? — Had you closed…?
  4. He was angry because the train had left without him. — was (prétérit) / had left (cause antérieure).
  5. Réponse libre — exemple : When I woke up this morning, my parents had already left for work and my sister had eaten my cereal.
  6. Réponse libre — exemple : The teacher was surprised because nobody had done the homework, so she gave us an extra exercise.
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