Past Perfect Continuous Tense ini dugunakan untuk menyatakan, keterangan
sudah, sedang, melakukan suatu pekerjaan pada waktu lampau, misal :
" Saya telah menunggu di sini selama 2 jam, ketika bus itu datang tadi pagi ",
dalam kalimat ini,subject sudah dan sedang menunggu tetapi,
waktunya tadi pagi ketika bus datang, ,.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense | |
(+) | Subject + had+been + Ving |
(-) | Subject + had +not+been + Ving |
(?) | Had + Subject + been + Ving |
Subject | Had |
I/You/They/We He/ She/ It | Had |
Contoh Kalimat positif Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- They had been talking for three hours before Tony arrived
- She had been working at that company for three years when I was 17 years old
Ket: Pada kalimat pertama di atas, menerangkan lama waktu selama 3 jam sebelum
Tony tiba(Tony arrived) di sini menerangkan bahwa kejadian itu lampau. Pada kalimat
kedua " when i was 17 years old " juga menekankan lampau.
Contoh Kalimat negatif Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- They had not been talking for three hours before Tony arrived
- She had not been working at that company for three years when I was 17 years old
Contoh Kalimat tanya Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- Had They been talking for three hours before Tony arrived ?
- answer : Yes They Had/ No They Had not
- Had She been working at that company for three years when I was 17 years old ?
- answer : Yes She Had/ No She Had not
tambahan
Menggunakan Past Perfect Continuous sebelum tindakan lain yang di masa lalu adalah cara yang bisa dilakukan untuk menunjukkan sebab dan akibat (because)
- Jason was tired because he had been jogging.
- Sam gained weight because he had been overeating.
- Betty failed the final test because she had not been attending class.
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