Past Perfect Continuous Tense: Fungsi, Rumus, dan Contoh

Dalam bahasa Inggris, past perfect continuous tense digunakan bersamaan dengan simple past tense untuk mengutarakan kejadian yang sedang terjadi di masa lalu sebelum disusul oleh kejadian kedua.

Fungsi Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Coba perhatikan ilustrasi dan kalimat past perfect continuous tense di bawah ini dengan saksama:

Dari kalimat di atas, kita bisa menyimpulkan bahwa kalimatpastperfectcontinuoustense mengacu pada kegiatan yang terjadi berulang atau kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung ketika kejadian kedua terjadi.

Sedangkan kalimat simple past tense mengacu pada kegiatan spesifik yang sudah selesai terjadi di masa lalu.

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Past Perfect Tense: Fungsi, Rumus, dan Contoh Kalimat

Rumus Kalimat Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Subject + had been + verb “-ing” (+ simple past tense)

Contoh kalimat past perfect continuous tense:

He had been studying English for two years.
She decided to buy a new car because her old one hadn’t been working for weeks.
The band had been rehearsing every day, so they won the competition.
I went to see the doctor after I had been feeling unwell for a few days.
I had been training to be a dancer until I broke my leg.
Thomas had been trying to repair the TV the whole day.
Jimmy had been listening to the same songs for 4 hours when I came back home.
You hadn’t been studying Mandarin all day.
Rina had been walking all afternoon on the beach.
Anton had been watching TV for hours before he felt asleep.

Perbedaan Present Perfect Continuous dan Past Perfect Continuous

1. Present Perfect Continuous

Kalimat present perfect continuous tense mengacu pada kegiatan yang berulang atau sedang berlangsung dan hasilnya memberi pengaruh di saat ini.

2. Past Perfect Continuous

Kalimat past perfect continuous tense digunakan untuk kegiatan pertama yang berulang atau sedang berlangsung hingga peristiwa kedua terjadi di masa lalu.