Hai pembaca English Specialist, di artikel ini aku mau bahas tentang past perfect continuous tense. pembahasannya mencakup fungsi, contoh kalimat positif, negatif dan tanya, juga dilengkapi soal latihan. Semoga barmanfaat ya!

Fungsi

untuk menyatakan aktifitas atau kejadian yang masih berlangsung sebelum kejadian lain terjadi di masa lalu.

Contoh:

I had been watching Tiktok for one hours before he came.

Aku sudah menonton tiktok selama satu jam sebelum dia datang.

Kalimat Positif

Rumus: Subject + had + been + verb-ing

Contoh kalimat:

• I had been studying English for thirty minutes before my parents came home.

(Aku sudah belajar selama tiga puluh menit sebelum orang tuaku datang.)

• We had been playing soccer for more than one hour before it began to rain.

(Kita sudah bermain sepak bola lebih dari satu jam sebelum hujan turun.)

• Mom had been doing exercise before she fell asleep in the living room.

(Ibu sudah olahraga sebelum dia tertidur di ruang tamu.)

Kalimat Negatif

Rumus: Subject + had + not + been + verb-ing

Contoh kalimat:

• I had not been studying English for thirty minutes before my parents came home.

(Aku tidak belajar bahasa inggris selama tiga puluh menit sebelum orangtuaku datang.)

• We had not been playing soccer for more than one hour before it began to rain.

(Kita tidak bermain sepak bola lebih dari satu jam sebelum hujan turun.)

• Mom had not been doing exercise before she fell asleep in the living room.

(Ibu tidak olahraga sebelum dia tertidur di ruang tamu.)

Kalimat Tanya

Rumus: Had + subject + been + verb-ing ?

• Had he been sleeping all day?

(Apakah dia sudah tidur sepanjang hari?)

• Had they been studying English for thirty minutes before their parents came?

(Sudahkan mereka belajar bahasa inggris selama tiga puluh menit sebelum orangtua mereka datang?)

• Had mom been doing exercise before sleeping?

(Apakah Ibu sudah olahraga sebelum tidur?)

Note: Had not sering di singkat hadn’t

Soal Latihan

1. Before I visited him, he ……. (sleep) in the living room.
2. Jack …… (smoke) for ten years until he finally stopped it.
3. Linda ……. (do) her art project for one hour before the teacher collected it.
4. My mother ….. (cook) before my father got home.
5. The patient ….. (not wait) for more than 10 minutes before he got the medical treatment.
6. Anna fell asleep because she ….. (work) all day.
7. The road was muddy because It …. (rain) all night.
8. I …… (stand) here for twenty minutes before the bus finally arrived.
9. Nina ….. (teach) for over thirty year before she retired from this school.
10. ……. the children ….. (play) in the garden since morning before it rained?