Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Pengertian Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past perfect continuous tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan untuk
mengungkapkan suatu aksi (dengan durasi waktu tertentu) telah selesai pada suatu titik waktu
tertentu di masa lalu.

Rumus Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past perfect continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb had dan been dan present
participle. Secara umum past perfect continuous tense hanya terjadi pada aksi
berupa dynamic verb, tidak stative verb karena umumnya hanya dynamic verb yang memiliki
bentuk continuous.

Berikut rumus past perfect continuous tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif.

Jenis Rumus Contoh Past Perfect Continuous

Kalimat Tense
positif S + had + been + V1-ing/present Lia had been walking
(+) participle The labors had been demonstrating
negatif S + had + not + been + V1-ing/present Lia had not been walking
(-) participle The labors hadn’t been demostrating
interogatif had + S + been + V1-ing/present Had Lia been walking
(?) participle Had the labors been demonstrating

Beberapa Fungsi dan Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect

Continuous Tense
 Fungsi
Past perfect continuous tense untuk
mengekspresikan aksi yang panjang di masa
lampau sebelum aksi lainnya terjadi.
Past perfect continuous tense untuk
memberitahukan berapa lama sesuatu terjadi
(period of time) atau sampai waktu tertentu di
masa lampau.
v
Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect
Continuous Tense
When the guests came, we had been
waiting for an hour.
(Ketika para tamu datang, kita telah
menunggu selama satu jam.)
He had been standing in front of
the door for thirthy minutes before it
was opened.
(Dia telah berdiri di depan pintu
selama tiga puluh menit sebelum
dibukakan.)
She was annoyed since she had
been waiting for 2 hours on the bus
station.
(Dia kesal karena telah menunggu
selama 2 jam di halte bus.)
By the time the teacher came, the
students had been reading a half
part of the text.
(Pada waktu guru datang, para siswa
telah membaca separuh bagian dari
teks.)
I had been working with my
computer all day, and all I wanted to
do was eat some chocolate.
(Saya telah bekerja dengan
komputer sepanjang hari, dan yang
ingin saya lakukan adalah makan
coklat.)