Look at these examples of aller in Plus-que-parfait:
Notice that être is used - not avoir.
Just as with Passé composé, all the so-called MRS P VANDERTRAMP verbs (mostly movement verbs) conjugate with être in Plus-que-parfait.
It's easy to conjugate:
être in Imparfait + [past participle]
As with Passé composé, the past participle (allé, parti, venu...) agrees in gender and number with the subject.
So use allée, partie, venue... (fem. sing.), or allés/allées, partis/parties, venus/venues... (plural masc/fem).
So use allée, partie, venue... (fem. sing.), or allés/allées, partis/parties, venus/venues... (plural masc/fem).
Here are examples using other être verbs in Plus-que-parfait:
Elle était tombée de vélo, d'où son bras dans le plâtre.She'd fallen off her bike, hence her arm in a cast.
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Elle était tombée de vélo, d'où son bras dans le plâtre.She'd fallen off her bike, hence her arm in a cast.
J'étais allé aux Etats-Unis une fois avant de le rencontrer.I had gone to America once before meeting him.

Nous étions très surpris de les voir, car ils n'étaient pas venus ici depuis trois ans.We were very surprised to see them, for they hadn't come here for three years.
Elles étaient allées manger une glace quand le voleur est venu.They had gone to eat an ice cream when the thief came.
