Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan aksi yang telah berlangsung selama periode waktu tertentu sebelum kejadian lain terjadi di masa lampau. Tense ini menekankan durasi dari aksi yang terjadi.
Struktur kalimatnya adalah had been + Verb-ing untuk semua subjek. Contoh: They had been studying for hours before the test artinya “Mereka telah belajar selama berjam-jam sebelum ujian.”
Berikut panduan penggunaan bentuk ini untuk semua subjek:
| Subjek | Bentuk Bantu | Contoh |
|---|---|---|
| Semua subjek | had been | We had been working |
Structure:
| Type | Pattern |
|---|---|
| Positive | Subject + had been + Verb-ing |
| Negative | Subject + had not been + Verb-ing |
| Question | Had + Subject + been + Verb-ing? |
Examples:
- They had been studying for hours before the exam.
Mereka telah belajar selama berjam-jam sebelum ujian.
- I had not been sleeping well before the trip.
Saya tidak tidur dengan nyenyak sebelum perjalanan.
- Had she been working there long?
Apakah dia sudah bekerja di sana cukup lama?
- We had been waiting when the announcement came.
Kami telah menunggu saat pengumuman datang.
- He had been running, so he was exhausted.
Dia telah berlari, jadi dia kelelahan.
Notes:
Past Perfect Continuous digunakan untuk:
- Aksi yang telah berlangsung hingga titik tertentu di masa lalu: I had been waiting for two hours when she arrived.
- Menjelaskan penyebab: He was tired because he had been working all day.
Keterangan waktu umum: for, since, before, when, until, all day, all night.