Apa pengertian past perfect continuous tense serta bagaimana rumus dan contoh kalimatnya?

Pengertian

Past perfect continuous tense adalah suatu bentuk keterangan waktu yang menjelaskan suatu aktivitas yang mempunyai durasi yang sudah selesai dimasa lampau.

Rumus atau pola kalimat

(+) S + had+ been + Ving + O + Adverb

• We had been washing cloth (Kami telah mencuci kain)

(-) S + had+ Not + been + Ving + O + Adverb

• We hadn’t been washing cloth (Kami belum mencuci kain)

(?) Had+ S + been + Ving + O + Adverb?

• Had we been washing cloth? (Apakah kita sudah mencuci kain?)

(-?) (Grammar) Had+ S + Not + been + Ving + O + Adverb?

• Had we not been washing cloth? (Bukankah kita sudah mencuci kain?)

(-?) (Speaking) Had+ Not + S + been + Ving + O + Adverb?

• Hadn’t we been washing cloth? (Bukankah kita sudah mencuci kain?)

Contoh kalimat

Berikut ini contoh kalimat past perfect continuous tense bahasa Inggris

1. He finally came at six o’clock. I had been waiting for him since four-thirty. (Dia akhirnya datang pada pukul enam. Saya telah menunggunya sejak pukul setengah empat.)
2. The police had been looking for the criminal for two years before they caught him. (Polisi telah mencari penjahat selama dua tahun sebelum mereka menangkapnya.)
3. We had been studying English. (Kami telah belajar bahasa Inggris.)
4. Dina had been being in the class. (Dina sedang berada di kelas.)
5. Agus had not been living in Yogyakarta. (Agus belum pernah tinggal di Yogyakarta.)
6. Had you been visiting Bali? (Apakah Anda pernah mengunjungi Bali?)
7. Had they not been buying a book? (Bukankah mereka sedang membeli buku?)
8. Had not they been buying a book? (Bukankah mereka sedang membeli buku?)

Itu tadi penjelasan mengenai pengertian past perfect continuous tense beserta rumus dan contoh kalimatnya.