Past Perfect Continuous
Adalah sebuah tensis yang digunakan untuk menceritakan sebuah aktivitas yang sedang terjadi sebelum aktivitas lain dalam waktu masa lalu. Tenses ini memang jarang digunakan dibanding dengan tenses yang lain. Tenses ini adalah bentuk by dari Present perfect continues. Untuk lebih memahami tentang by perfect continues perhatikan contoh dibawah ini.
Rumus/Pola Past Perfect Continues.
(+) Subject + Had + Been + Ving
( - ) Subject + Had + Not +Been + Ving
( ? ) Had + Subject + Been + Ving
Contoh kalimat dengan pola Past Perfect Continuous
- Eric finally came at vi o’clock. I had been waiting for him since four-thirty.
- The Police had been looking for the criminal for 2 years earlier they caught him.
- When the boys came into the house,their clothing were dirty,their pilus was untidy together with 1 of them had a dark eye. They had been fighting.
- I was really tired when i arrived home. I had been working difficult all day.
- Our game of lawn tennis was interrupted. We had been playing for most one-half an hr when it started to pelting really heavily.
- Ken gave upwards smoking 2 years ago. He had been smoking for 30 years.
- When Judy got home,her pilus was nevertheless moisture because she had been swimming
- I went to Ed’s family afterward the funeral. His eyes were carmine because he had been crying.
Past perfect Continuous | |
| Biasanya aktivitas tersebut didahului oleh kalimat present/ bukan masa lampau | Biasanya digunakan untuk menceritakan masa lalu sehingga dalam kalimat yang terdapat tenses berbentuk past. |
| I promise the autobus comes soon.I convey been waiting for twenty minutes | At Last the autobus came. I had been waiting for twenty minutes |
| He is out of breath.he has been running | He was out of breath. He had been running. |
Latihan Soal Past Perfect Continues
1. We .... (wait) for Nancy for the lastly 2 hours, precisely she nevertheless has non arrived.
2. We .... (wait) for nancy for over 3 hours earlier she finally arrived yesterday.
3. It is midnight. I .... (study) for 5 lead hours. No wonder I am getting tired.
4. It was midnight. I.... (study) for 5 lead hours. No wonder I was getting tired.
5. Jack of a precipitous realized that the instructor was quest him a question. He could non answer because he .... (daydream) for the lastly 10 minutes.
6. Wake up! You .... (sleep) long enough. It is fourth dimension to learn up.
Jawaban dan Pembahasan Soal Past Perfect Contunuous
1. We have been waiting for Nancy for the lastly 2 hours, precisely she nevertheless has non arrived.
Pada kalimat diatas menggunakan kalimat perfect continuous karena hal ini disebabkan oleh kalimat sebelahnya tensesnya acquaint dibuktikan oleh kalimat She Still Has non arrived
2. We had been waiting for nancy for over 3 hours earlier she finally arrived yesterday.
Pada kalimat diatas menggunakan kalimat Past perfect, karena tenses yang bersebelahan menggunakan kalimat uncomplicated by sehingga sebelahnya otomatis akan ikut menjadi kalimat by perfect
3. It is midnight. I have been studying for 5 lead hours. No wonder I am getting tired.
Pada kalimat tersebut menceritakan sebuah durasi sebuah aktivitas dari masa lalu sampai sekarang, dan tenses yang sebelahnya adalah uncomplicated acquaint continues sehingga tenses yang digunakan untuk mengisinya adalah acquaint perfect continues.
4. It was midnight. I had been studying for 5 lead hours. No wonder I was getting tired.
Pada kalimat diatas menjelaskan sebuah durasi aktivitas pada masa lalu, dibuktikan dengan kalimat It was midnight, sehingga tenses yang digunakan adalah by Perfect Continues.
5. Jack suddenly realized that the instructor was quest him a question. He could not answer because he had been daydreaming for the lastly 10 minutes.
Kalimat diatas menceritakan kehidupan masa lalu atau past, hal ini dibuktikan dengan kata was, could. Sehingga untuk menghisinya kita harus menggunakan by perfect continues
6. Wake up! You have been sleeping long enough. It is time to learn up.
Pada kalimat diatas menjelaskan durasi aktivitas,dan berbentuk present,dibuktikan oleh kalimat it is fourth dimension to learn up. Sehingga kita menggunakan you lot convey been sleeping long enough.