Past Perfect Continuous Tense: Pengertian, Rumus, & Pola Soal

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Satu di antara 16 jenis tenses yang wajib dimengerti dalam bahasa Inggris yaitu past perfect continuous tense.

Bentuk tense ini memadukan tiga keadaan, ialah kurun lampau (past tense), telah selesai (perfect tense) dan mempunyai durasi tertentu (continuous tense).

Meskipun terdengar rumit, tense ini terbilang cukup mudah untuk dimengerti. Untuk mengenal lebih jauh ihwal past perfect continuous tense, simak penjelasan lengkap di bawah ini.

Pengertian Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past perfect continuous adalah tense yang menggambarkan bahwa sebuah kejadian bermula dan telah tepat (akhir) di suatu waktu spesifik di kala lampau.

Biasanya, agresi yang terjadi mempunyai durasi tertentu dan sudah tidak lagi terjadi dikala ini.

Tense ini mempunyai tiga fungsi yang lazim diketahui, antara lain:

  • Mengungkapkan aksi yang sedang berjalan di era lampau sebelum agresi lain timbul

Contoh: We had been cooking in the kitchen for an hour when the postman came.

Pada kalimat tersebut, terdapat dua agresi ialah cooking dan came. Aksi cooking sedang berjalan dikala aksi came terjadi.

  • Menunjukkan durasi sebuah agresi tertentu di kurun lampau

Contoh: I had been waiting for 1 hour and I became so exhausted.

Kalimat di atas memberikan adanya durasi sebuah aksi, yaitu menanti selama 1 jam sehingga membuat pembicara kelelahan.

  • Mengungkapkan kalimat tak pribadi (indirect speech)

Contoh: They said that they had been reading in the library.

Kalimat di atas terbentuk dari direct speech: They said, “We were reading in the library.”

Indirect speech yang memakai past perfect continuous biasanya dibuat dari kalimat direct speech dengan bentuk past continuous tense atau present perfect continuous tense.

Catatan:

Perlu diamati bahwa kata kerja yang digunakan pada past perfect continuous harus bersifat progresif dan mempunyai bentuk continuous.

Beberapa teladan kata kerja yang tidak mampu digunakan antara lain: love, hate, want, know, mean, believe, like, etc.

Rumus Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Meskipun memadukan tiga kondisi, menciptakan kalimat past perfect continuous tense cukup sederhana.

Kita hanya perlu menggunakan had + been + verb-ing. Tidak ada perbedaan untuk subyek singular maupun plural.

Untuk lebih jelasnya, simak rumus past perfect continuous beserta pola berikut ini.

Rumus Past Perfect Continuous Tense untuk Kalimat positif

Subject + had + been + verb-ing

Contoh: They had been waiting since 7 AM.

Rumus Past Perfect Continuous Tense untuk Kalimat negatif

Subject + had + not + been + verb-ing

Contoh: I had not been swimming when he came.

Rumus Past Perfect Continuous Tense untuk Kalimat interogatif

Had + subject + been + verb-ing

Contoh: Had the children been sleeping when the fire burned the house?

Kalimat past perfect continuous tense umumnya memakai beberapa preposition mirip when, for, since, dan before. Masing-masing preposition mempunyai fungsi yang berlawanan.

Misalnya, when atau before dipakai untuk menunjukkan adanya aksi lain saat aksi yang lebih lama sedang terjadi. Atau, since dan for dipakai untuk menekankan pada durasi insiden.

Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect Continuous Tense

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  • The cat had been sleeping for 30 minutes when a mouse walked in front of it.

    • Kucing itu sudah tertidur selama 30 menit saat seekor tikus berjalan di depannya.

    • Mr. John had been working for 10 hours when he got heart attack.

    Pak John sudah bekerja selama 10 jam ketika beliau terkena serangan jantung.

    • The man whom you met last night had been standing in front of my house for an hour.

    Lelaki yang kamu jumpai semalam telah bangun di depan rumah saya selama satu jam.

    • The children had been swimming for a few minutes when the teacher called.

    Anak-anak sudah berenang selama beberapa menit saat guru mengundang.

    • Uncle Seth had been repairing his car before the accident happened.

    Paman Seth sudah memperbaiki mobilnya sebelum kecelakaan terjadi.

    • Before the mail came, Molly had been waiting for 3 days.

    Sebelum surat itu datang, Molly sudah menanti selama 3 hari.

    • The girl had been crying for many days since her boyfriend left.

    Gadis itu sudah menangis selama berhari-hari setelah kekasihnya pergi.

    • I had been watching movie for a few hours before I heard something upstairs.

    Saya sudah menonton film selama berjam-jam sebelum saya mendengar sesuatu di atas.

    • The woman said that her husband had been playing games for days when she left.

    Wanita itu berkata bahwa suaminya sudah bermain game selama berhari-hari dikala beliau pergi.

    • She had not been playing music for years when she decided to come back.

    Dia telah tidak bermain musik selama bertahun-tahun ketika dia memutuskan untuk kembali.

    • My brother said that his friends had not been working for a month.

    Saudara laki-laki saya berkata bahwa temannya sudah tidak melakukan pekerjaan selama sebulan.

    • Had the workers been demonstrating when the mayor came?

    Apakah para pekerja sedang berdemonstrasi dikala walikota tiba?

    • Had she been cooking in the kitchen before someone knocked the door?

    Apakah dia sedang memasak di dapur ketika seseorang mengetuk pintu?

    • The boy had been sitting on the chair when his mother called him.

    Anak laki-laki itu sedang duduk di dingklik saat ibunya mengundang.

    • I had been thinking all day and I needed an inspiration.

    Saya telah berpikir sehari penuh dan aku memerlukan pandangan baru.

    Untuk mengetahui seberapa jauh pengertian kita tentang bahan ini, silakan jawab pola soal past perfect continuous tense di bawah ini ya.

    Contoh Soal Past Perfect Continuous Tense

    Answer the question by choosing a, b, c or d!

    1. The visitors _________ (wait) in front of the gate for five hours before it was opened.

    1. has been waiting
    2. have been waiting
    3. had been waiting
    4. had waited

    2. When the teacher come, the students __________ (talk) about Harry Potter movie for 30 minutes.

    1. have been talking
    2. had been talking
    3. are talking
    4. were talking

    3. I was so tired because I ________ (work) all day long.

    1. had been working
    2. have been working
    3. have worked
    4. had worked

    4. The man ____________ (repair) my motorcycle for a few hours but nothing seemed right.

    1. had repaired
    2. has repaired
    3. has been repairing
    4. had been repairing

    5. Boy: When the manager came, the workers __________ (strike) for three days.
    Girl: Did something happen after the manager came?
    Boy: Yes, they made a deal and the workers got back to work.

    1. have been striking
    2. had been striking
    3. were striking
    4. are striking

    6. ______ they _______ (stand) for a few hours before the door was opened?

    1. Had, been standing
    2. Have, been standing
    3. Were, standing
    4. Are, standing

    7. I ____________ (read) for ten minutes when my father came to my room.

    1. have been reading
    2. has been reading
    3. had been reading
    4. am reading

    Kunci tanggapan:
    1. C, 2. B, 3. A, 4. D, 5. B, 6. A, 7. C

    Itulah beberapa pembahasan ihwal past perfect continuous tense yang meliputi pengertian, rumus, contoh kalimat & soalnya. Semoga dengan membaca artikel ini, teman-sobat mampu mengembangkan pengertian ihwal past perfect continuous tense.

    Demikian dari rumus cerdik. Happy learning.

      √ Acuan Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 2 Sd Semester 2 Dan Tanggapan