Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menjelaskan aktivitas yang sudah berlangsung selama beberapa waktu sebelum kejadian lain di masa lalu.
1. Kalimat positif
Rumus:
Subject + had + been + Verb-ing
👉 Semua subject menggunakan had.
Contoh:
I had been studying English for two hours before I went to sleep.
Saya sudah belajar bahasa Inggris selama dua jam sebelum saya tidur.
She had been working since morning before she went home.
Dia sudah bekerja sejak pagi sebelum dia pulang.
2. Kalimat negatif
Subject + had not (hadn't) + been + Verb-ing
I hadn't been sleeping well.
Saya belum tidur dengan baik.
They hadn't been working for long.
Mereka belum bekerja dalam waktu lama.
3. Kalimat pertanyaan
Had + Subject + been + Verb-ing?
Had you been studying English?
Apakah kamu sudah belajar bahasa Inggris?
Had she been working since morning?
Apakah dia sudah bekerja sejak pagi?
Cara mengingat 🧠
Past Perfect Continuous = sudah sedang melakukan sesuatu selama beberapa waktu sebelum kejadian lain di masa lalu.
Kuncinya:
Had + been + Verb-ing
Contoh:
I had been working for three hours before it rained.
= Saya sudah bekerja selama tiga jam sebelum hujan turun.
👉 had been working = aktivitas yang berlangsung lebih dulu.
👉 rained = kejadian berikutnya di masa lalu.
Biasanya digunakan dengan for (selama) dan since (sejak).
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menjelaskan aktivitas yang sudah berlangsung selama beberapa waktu sebelum kejadian lain di masa lalu.
1. Kalimat positif
Rumus:
Subject + had + been + Verb-ing
👉 Semua subject menggunakan had.
Contoh:
I had been studying English for two hours before I went to sleep.
Saya sudah belajar bahasa Inggris selama dua jam sebelum saya tidur.
She had been working since morning before she went home.
Dia sudah bekerja sejak pagi sebelum dia pulang.
2. Kalimat negatif
Subject + had not (hadn't) + been + Verb-ing
I hadn't been sleeping well.
Saya belum tidur dengan baik.
They hadn't been working for long.
Mereka belum bekerja dalam waktu lama.
3. Kalimat pertanyaan
Had + Subject + been + Verb-ing?
Had you been studying English?
Apakah kamu sudah belajar bahasa Inggris?
Had she been working since morning?
Apakah dia sudah bekerja sejak pagi?
Cara mengingat 🧠
Past Perfect Continuous = sudah sedang melakukan sesuatu selama beberapa waktu sebelum kejadian lain di masa lalu.
Kuncinya:
Had + been + Verb-ing
Contoh:
I had been working for three hours before it rained.
= Saya sudah bekerja selama tiga jam sebelum hujan turun.
👉 had been working = aktivitas yang berlangsung lebih dulu.
👉 rained = kejadian berikutnya di masa lalu.
Biasanya digunakan dengan for (selama) dan since (sejak).
