*We are asked to complete the sentences using the pluperfect subjunctive.*

*For this we have to conjugate it with the verb in parentheses, complete the exercise and then translate:*

1. Habría ido a la tertulia si no **hubiera llovido.** (llover).

* *I would have gone to the talk show if it hadn’t rained.*

**HINT:** *For the use of the pluperfect subjunctive, the verb “haber” is used in the imperfect past tense of the subjunctive plus the participle of the verb to be used. It is used for an expression passed to another action.*

2. Si yo **hubiese logrado** (lograr) publicar mi libro, habría sido un superventas.

* *If I had managed to publish my book, it would have been a best seller.*

3. Me molestó que ellos no **hubiesen dado** (dar) el premio al otro poeta.

* *I was upset that they had not given the award to the other poet.*

4. Si nosotros **hubiésemos pensado** (pensar) eso, lo habríamos dicho.

* *If we had thought so, we would have said so.*

5. Si ella **hubiera pedido** (pedir) más por sus cuadros , habría ganado millones.

* *If she had asked more for her paintings, she would have earned millions.*

6. ¡Que lastima que sus padres no **hubieran apoyado** (apoyar) su interés por las artes!

* *What a pity her parents didn’t have (support) her interest in the arts!*

*We have to make sentences with the elements provided in the tables using the pluperfect subjunctive mood*

*We will transcribe the table and translate its content and the result of the union of the elements:*

| |VOCABULARY | |
|–|–|–|
|Dudaba de que / *I doubted that* | Yo / *I* | escribir cuentos policiacos / *writing crime stories*|
|Esperábamos que / *We expected that* | Tú / *You*|ganar un premio literario / *winning a literary prize* |
|Me sorprendió que / *I was surprised that* |El artista / *The artist* |tener talento / *have talent* |
|Ellos querían que / *They wanted that* |Nosotros / *Ours* |venir a la exposición / *come to the exhibition* |
|No creías que / *You did not believe that* |Los poetas / *The poets* | vender ese autorretrato / *sell that self-portrait*|

1. Esperábamos que el artista **hubiera vendido** ese autorretrato.

* *We expected the artist to have sold that self-portrait.*

2. No creías que los poetas **hubieran ganado** un premio literario.

* *You didn’t think poets had won a literary prize.*

3. Esperábamos que tú **hubieses venido** a la exposición.

* *We had hoped that you would have come to the exhibition.*

**HINT:** *For the use of the pluperfect subjunctive, the verb “haber” is used in the imperfect past tense of the subjunctive plus the participle of the verb to be used. It is used for an expression passed to another action.*

4. Me sorprendió que nosotros **hubiésemos tenido** talento.

* *I was surprised that we had talent.*

5. Ellos creían que yo **hubiera escrito** cuentos policiacos.

* *They thought I had written crime stories.*