Salah satu jenis tenses dalam bahasa Inggris yang dipakai untuk berandai-andai yakni past future continuous.
Bentuk kata kerja ini menerangkan suatu agresi yang diperlukan sedang berjalan di kala lampau. Namun, aksi tersebut mungkin terjadi atau mungkin tidak terjadi.
Past future continuous terkadang dipakai untuk membuat kalimat pengandaian / conditional sentence tipe 2.
Untuk memahami lebih lanjut mengenai bentuk tense ini, simak penjelasan lengkap berikut.
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Pengertian Past Future Continuous Tense
Menurut pengertiannya, past future continuous ialah salah satu bentuk kata kerja yang menyatakan bahwa sebuah aksi direncanakan akan berjalan di era depan, tetapi dalam bingkai waktu masa lampau.
Pada penerapannya, tense ini sering digunakan untuk kalimat pengandaian di mana kenyataan berbeda dengan cita-cita.
Bentuk tense ini memiliki dua fungsi, yaitu:
- Mengungkapkan bahwa sebuah agresi seharusnya terjadi di masa lampau.
Contoh: You would be eating spaghetti if you did not mess up with the sauce.
Kalimat di atas menggambarkan pengandaian bahwa subyek akan sedang makan spageti.
Namun kenyataannya, subyek tidak makan spageti sebab ia mengacaukan sausnya.
- Menyatakan planning yang mau sedang terjadi di kurun depan dalam bingkai waktu era lalu
Contoh: Her father said that he would be repairing the kitchen sink.
Kalimat tersebut berupa indirect speech atau kalimat tak pribadi. Indirect speech dengan bentuk past future continuous biasanya terbentuk dari direct speech dengan future continuous tense.
Rumus Past Future Continuous Tense
Past future continuous tense mampu dibuat dengan rumus tertentu yang memadukan bentuk past future tense (should/would) dan continuous tense (be).
Kalimat ini memiliki verb-ing yang menggambarkan progressive.
Bentuk past future continuous cuma memakai kata kerja yang bersifat dinamis dan sangat jarang dipakai untuk kata kerja yang bersifat statis.
Berikut ini pilihan rumus yang dapat dipakai untuk menciptakan kalimat past future continuous:
Rumus Past Future Continuous Tense untuk Kalimat aktual
Subject + would + be + verb-ing
Contoh: My uncle would be spending his holiday in Italy.
Rumus Past Future Continuous Tense untuk Kalimat negatif
Subject + would + not + be + verb-ing
Contoh: My uncle would not be spending his holiday in Italy.
Rumus Past Future Continuous Tense untuk Kalimat interogatif
Would + subject + be + verb-ing
Contoh: Would my uncle be spending his holiday in Italy?
Past future continuous tense kebanyakan menggunakan keterangan waktu yang memperlihatkan masa lalu seperti by this time yesterday, last week, yesterday, at … o’clock yesterday, dan lain sebagainya.
Contoh Kalimat Past Future Continuous Tense
- They would be studying English with a native speaker last week.
Mereka akan sedang belajar bahasa Inggris dengan penutur asli minggu lalu.
- If you joined the class, you would be learning the process of volcanic eruption.
Jika kau bergabung dengan kelas itu, kau akan sedang mencar ilmu perihal proses erupsi gunung berapi.
- We would be cooking rendang if you bought the meat.
Kita akan sedang mengolah masakan rendang jikalau kau membeli daging.
- The woman would be visiting an orphan house by this time yesterday.
Wanita itu akan sedang mendatangi rumah yatim menjelang waktu ini kemarin.
- You should not be queuing for a long time if you came earlier.
Kamu tidak harus mengantre terlalu usang kalau kau datang lebih awal.
- The workers would be having a break at 12 o’clock yesterday.
Para pekerja akan sedang istirahat pada jam 12 kemarin.
- He would be helping me by this time last week.
Dia akan sedang menolong aku menjelang waktu ini ahad kemudian.
- If you bought the DVD player, Tamara would not be listening to the radio.
Jika kau berbelanja pemutar DVD, Tamara tidak akan menyimak radio
- My friend said that she would not be waiting for me last week.
Teman saya berkata bahwa ia tidak akan sedang menanti aku ahad kemudian.
- The girl would not be leaving the class if she knew the teacher was there.
Gadis itu tidak akan meninggalkan kelas jikalau dia tahu bahwa gurunya ada di sana.
Jika sudah paham materinya, silakan latihan dengan menjawab kumpulan soal past future continuous tense di bawah ini ya.
Contoh Soal Past Future Continuous Tense
Answer the questions by choosing a, b, c or d!
1. Mr. Ihsan __________ (examine) the frog if he found one.
- would have been examining
- would have examined
- would examine
- would be examining
2. Shinta said that she ___________ (not attend) the conference last week. She was in another city at that time.
- would not be attending
- would not have been attending
- would not have attended
- would not attend
3. Mother: If you bought the mozzarella cheese, we ________ (cook) a delicious pizza by this time last week.
Me: Sorry mom, I forgot.
- would have been cooking
- would be cooking
- would have cooked
- would cook
4. Uncle Sam: I ________ (have) a flight to Mexico by this time yesterday.
Me: Why are you still here now?
Uncle Sam: I lose the ticket.
- would have
- will have
- would be having
- will be having
5. My father ________ (work) in the office on Sunday last week.
- would be working
- would work
- would have been working
- would be worked
6. Jane: I _______ (visit) my grandmother’s house at 8 o’clock.
Jennifer: What happened?
Jane: I lose my car key so I couldn’t go anywhere.
- would have been visiting
- would have visited
- would visit
- would be visiting
7. We ________ (listen) to the speech at 7 o’clock yesterday.
- will listen
- would be listening
- would have been listening
- would have listened
8. If you registered earlier, you __________ (not wait) for a long time.
- would not be waiting
- would not wait
- would not have been waiting
- will not wait
9. Kong: Hey, what do you think about the concert last night?
Ding: I didn’t come last night.
Kong: Why? You said that you ________ (come) to the concert last night.
Ding: Yeah, I was grounded so I couldn’t go anywhere.
- would come
- would have come
- would have been coming
- would be coming
10. The dog ________ (not chase) you if you did not disturb him.
- would not chase
- would not have been chasing
- would not be chasing
- would not have chased
Kunci tanggapan:
1. D, 2. A, 3. B, 4. C, 5. A, 6. D, 7. B, 8. A, 9. D, 10. C
Demikian pembahasan tentang past future continuous tense mulai dari pemahaman, rumus, sampai teladan soalnya. Semoga dapat memperbesar wawasan bagi pembacanya.
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