PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS TENSE

PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS TENSE ialah kalimat atau bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian di masa lampau yang berlangsung sebelum terjadi peristiwa lain.

Time signal:

When(ketika)bukan kapan

Until(hingga)

Before(sebelum)

and manymore

Rumus :

Time signal+subject+V2,Subject+had+been+v1+ing

Example :

Kalimat positive

When I went to Jakarta in 1997, He had been going to Surabaya

When=time signal,  I=Subject, went=V2, to Jakarta in 1997, He=subject, had+been, going=V1+ing, to Surabaya

Kalimat Interrogative : tinggal meletakkan kalimat yang menggunakan had been didepan

Contoh rumus :        

Had+Subject+been+V1(+ing),Time signal+Subject+V2

Example :

Had he been going to surabaya, when I went to Jakarta in 1997 ?

Kalimat Negative : Untuk kalimat negative tinggal menambahkan Not di belakang had

Contoh rumus:

Subject+had+not+been+V1(+ing), Time signal+Subject+V2

He Had not been going to surabaya, when i went to jakarta in 1997

Untuk menambah kemampuan saya sarankan agar anda membuat kalimat 1 tentang past perfect continous tense dari positive ke interrogative dan terakhir ke negative.

SELAMAT BELAJAR baca juga past perfect tense, present perfect tense, dan simple past tense