Past perfect (pluperfect) tense
Answer each question that you are asked by selecting the grammatically correct response.
--¿Por qué no estaban los niños en casa cuando yo volví?

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The past perfect (pluperfect) tense is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. Choice B, "Habían ido con sus amigos al cine," correctly uses the past perfect tense to explain that the children had gone to the movies with their friends before the speaker returned home.

Past Perfect (Pluperfect) Tense