| Francais | Anglais | Prononciation | Exemple |
| plus-que-parfait | past perfect | PAST PEUR-fekt | I had finished before he arrived. |
| plus-que-parfait continu | past perfect continuous | PAST PEUR-fekt kon-TI-niou-eus | I had been waiting for an hour. |
| avait fait | had done | HAD DAN | She had done her homework. |
| avait ete | had been | HAD BIN | I had been to Paris before. |
| etait alle | had gone | HAD GON | He had gone home before me. |
| avait mange | had eaten | HAD I-tn | We had eaten when she came. |
| avait dit | had said | HAD SED | She had said no clearly. |
| avait vu | had seen | HAD SIN | I had seen the film already. |
| avait pris | had taken | HAD TEY-ken | He had taken the train at 8. |
| avait achete | had bought | HAD BOT | I had bought tickets in advance. |
| avait ecrit | had written | HAD RI-tn | She had written the report. |
| avait perdu | had lost | HAD LOST | He had lost his keys earlier. |
| avait trouve | had found | HAD FAOUND | We had found the solution. |
| avant que | before | bi-FOR | Before she called, I had left. |
| apres que | after | AF-teur | After he had finished, we ate. |
| quand | when | OUEN | When I arrived, he had gone. |
| deja (passe) | already | OL-re-di | He had already left. |
| jamais (passe) | never (before) | NE-veur | She had never seen snow before. |
| juste (passe) | just (before) | DJAST | I had just sat down. |
| a peine | barely / hardly | BER-li | Hardly had I arrived when she called. |
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| Erreur | Correction | Pourquoi |
| Calque litteral du francais | Adapter au contexte anglais | L anglais privilegie le concret, le francais l abstrait |
| Confondre UK et US | Choisir une variete et la maintenir | had eaten (UK) / had ate (informal) (US) |
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| Liste sans contexte | Toujours en phrase complete | La memoire est contextuelle, pas alphabetique |