Past perfect tense

Past perfect tense adalah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk memenyatakan suatu kejadian di masa lampau yang sempurna selesai sebelum perbuatan lain dilakukan

Time signal :
1. Before => past perfect => before => past tense
2. After => past tense => after => past perfect
3. Until => past tense => until => past perfect
4. As soon => past tense => as soon => past perfect

Rumus nominal :
(+)Subject+had been
(-)subject+had+not
(?)had+subject

Contoh :
I had been at home
I had not at home
Had you at home ?

Bentuk verbal :
Subject+had+V3

Contoh
They had left before you arrived ( mereka telah berangkat sebelum kamu tiba)
I had eaten before you come(sebelum kamu datang aku sudah makan)

Untuk membuat kalimat interrogative tinggal menempatkan had didepan subject, sedangkan untuk negafive tinggal ditambahkan not di belakang had.

Baca juga present perfect tense