Past Perfect Continuous Tense, Rumus dan Fungsi Past Perfect Continuous Tense

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PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian yang sudah berlangsung beberapa lama tetapi masih terus berlangsung ketika kejadian lain terjadi dimasa lampau. (Ada 2 peristiwa ya)

Perbedaan Past Perfect Tense dengan Past Perfect Continuous Tense adalah Past Perfect Continuous Tense lebih menekankan pada proses berlangsungnya suatu peristiwa.

1.      Pola Kalimat

Rumus : Subject + had + been + Ving 

2.      Fungsi

Untuk melukiskan suatu peristiwa yang sudah berlangsung terjadi sebelum saat tertentu pada waktu lampau peristiwa itu masih berlangsung atau tepat berhenti sebelum persitiwa lain menyertai.

Contoh :

-          Maria had been working there for five years when the word war II ended.

-          We had been singing for about half and hour before the telephone rang.

Pemakaiannya :

1.    Before + S + V2, S + had + been + V-ing for...

Contoh :

-          We had been talking for about half and hour before the telephone rang. 

2.     When + S + V2, S + had + been + V-ing for...

Contoh :

-          Somebody had been waiting for us for about ten minutes when we came.

Means : when we came somebody was still waiting.

-          His little brother had been crying for half an hour when I came

3.       After + S + had + been + V-ing , S + V2 for…

Catatan : 

Setiap kalimat Past Perfect Continuous Harus diikuti oleh for