PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

RUMUS :

(+) Subject + had + been + V-ing 

(-) subject + had not + been + V-ing 

(?) Had + s + been + V-ing

 

PENGGUNAAN :

Untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang terjadi ketika itu kegiatan yang lain terjadi pada waktu lampau jadi dua kegiatan yang satunya sedang dan ada penekanan lamanya waktu sedangkan kegiatan satunya menyusul terjadi

 

TIME EXPRESSION :

For......

Since...

Whole day

All day

All the morning

For hours

For years

For over two years

Since 1 o'clok

 

Yang dipakai untuk menggabungkan kalimat past perfect continuous tense dengan past perfect tense : 

.......when..... : Ketika ( when + simple past tense/ past perfect continuous tense)

.......while......: Pada saat ( while + past perfect continuous tense)

...... before....: Sebelum ( before + simple past tense)

...... after.......: Setelah ( after + past perfect continuous tense)

.....because...: Karena ( because + past perfect continuous tense ?

 

CONTOH :

(+) Linlin had been writing a latter

(-) Linlin had not been writing a latter

(?) Had Linlin been writing a latter?

 

(+) I had been watching  TV all day

(-) I had not been watching TV all day

(?) Had I been watching TV all day?

 

(+) They had been walking since this afternoon

(-) they had not been walking since this afternoon

(?) Had they been walking since this afternoon ?