Soal Past Perfect Tense

Materi Past Perfect Tense

Sekilas Past Perfect Tense

Past perfect tense merupakan kata kerja yang untuk mengungkapkan bahwa suatu kejadian sudah selesai terjadi pada suatu titik di masa lampau sebelum kejadian lainnya.

Had digunakan baik untuk singular maupun plural subject. Past participle dibentuk dengan menambahkan -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, atau -ne pada base form berupa regular verb. Pada base form berupa irregular verb, bentuk past participle tidak konsisten.

10 Contoh Soal Past Perfect Tense

Pilihlah salah satu jawaban untuk melengkapi kalimat di bawah ini.

1. Never … such delicious pies before visiting the bakery.

   1. I had tasted
   2. had I tasted

2. How many times … the clothes before the fault occured?

   1. you had worn
   2. had you worn

3. If you … your money in a bank, it wouldn’t have gone.

   1. had been put
   2. had put

4. Prior to the meeting, the room …

   1. had been cleaned and prepared
   2. had cleaned and prepared

5. He told that he … all the files in the directory.

   1. had removed
   2. had been removed

6. The student … her disposable lunch box in the garbage can by the time the bell rang.

   1. had been dropped
   2. had dropped

7. When he arrived at the station, the train …

   1. had left
   2. had leaved

8. … before the participants came?

   1. had the room been brighter
   2. had the room brighter

9. Reza … about her before they met.

   1. had already heard
   2. had already been heard

10. Anyone … the latest version of the phone software for free before August 2013.

    1. had been able to update
    2. had be able to update

Jawaban

1. b. had I tasted | Jika kalimat yang dimulai dengan negative atau restrictive word never, verb muncul sebelum subject –> inverted word order. Untuk kasus lebih dari satu verb, yakni: auxiliary verb (had) + main verb (tasted), auxiliary verb (had) yang muncul sebelum subject (I).
2. b. had you worn
3. b. had put
4. a. had been cleaned and prepared | bentuk pasif past perfect tense
5. a. had removed
6. b. had dropped
7. a. had left
8. a. had the room been brighter | brighter = adjective;
   gunakan been sebagai verb
9. a. had already heard
10. a. had been able to update

Materi Past Perfect Tense

Related Posts:

• Soal Passive Voice – Past Perfect Tense
• Soal Present Perfect Tense
• Soal Future Perfect Tense
• Soal Past Perfect Continuous Tense
• Soal Simple Past Tense
• Soal Tenses

References:

1. Past Perfect Tense. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/past_perfect.htm. Accessed on November 16, 2013.
2. The Past Perfect Tense. http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/pastperf.htm. Accessed on February 22, 2013.
3. Past Perfect 1. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pastpf1.htm. Accessed on November 16, 2013.
4. Past Perfect Worksheets. http://esl.about.com/od/Find-the-Mistake/a/Past-Perfect-Worksheets.htm. Accessed on November 17, 2013.