contoh kalimat past perfect continuous tense dan artinya: I'd been swimming for half an hour when they started swimming. (Saya sudah berenang selama setengah jam ketika mereka mulai berenang.)

Past Perfect Continuous Tense: Penjelasan dan Contoh Soal

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Pengertian Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past perfect continuous tense atau disebut juga past perfect progressive tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu aksi (dengan durasi waktu tertentu) telah selesai pada suatu titik waktu tertentu di masa lalu.

contoh kalimat past perfect continuous tense dan artinya: I'd been swimming for half an hour when they started swimming. (Saya sudah berenang selama setengah jam ketika mereka mulai berenang.)
contoh kalimat past perfect continuous tense dan artinya

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Rumus Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past perfect progressive tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb had dan been dan present participle. Secara umum tense ini hanya terjadi pada aksi berupa dynamic atau action verb, tidak stative verb karena umumnya hanya dynamic verb yang memiliki bentuk progressive.

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Rumus past perfect continuous tense: had + been + present participle. Umumnya present participle berupa action verb.
rumus past perfect progressive tense
Rumus Contoh

kalimat positif (+):

S + had + been + -ing/present participle

 Lia had been walking
The labors had been working

kalimat negatif (-):

S + had + not + been + -ing/present participle

 Lia had not been walking
The labors hadn’t been working

kalimat interogatif (?):

had + S + been + -ing/present participle

 Had Lia been walking
Had the labors been working

Fungsi dan Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  1. Past perfect progressive tense untuk mengekspresikan aksi yang panjang di masa lampau sebelum aksi lainnya terjadi.

    Contoh Kalimat

    • When the guests came, we had been waiting for an hour.
      (Ketika para tamu datang, kita telah menunggu selama satu jam.)
    • He had been standing in front of the door for thirthy minutes before it was opened.
      (Dia telah berdiri di depan pintu selama tiga puluh menit sebelum dibukakan.)
  2. Tense ini untuk memberitahukan berapa lama sesuatu terjadi (period of time) atau sampai waktu tertentu di masa lampau.

    Contoh Kalimat

    • She was annoyed since she had been waiting for 2 hours on the bus station.
      (Dia kesal karena telah menunggu selama 2 jam di halte bus.)
    • By the time the teacher came, the students had been reading a half part of the text.
      (Pada waktu guru datang, para siswa telah membaca separuh bagian dari teks.)
    • I had been working with my computer all day, and all I wanted to do was eat some chocolate.
      (Saya telah bekerja dengan komputer sepanjang hari, dan yang ingin saya lakukan adalah makan coklat.)

Contoh Soal Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Pilihlah jawaban yang paling tepat untuk melengkapi bagian yang kosong dengan mengetik a atau b.

  1. My nephew was sick since he … outside in bad weather all day.

    1. has been playing
    2. had been playing

    Your answer:

  2. His skin became darker because he … something under the scorching sun without sunscreen.

    1. had been doing
    2. has been doing

    Your answer:

  3. When you … the room, we … the matter of our wages for 10 minutes.

    1. entered, had been discussing
    2. had been entering, discussed

    Your answer:

  4. By the time I asked, my home assistant …

    1. had been getting rid toxic household items of
    2. had been getting rid of toxic household items

    Your answer:

  5. The senior engineer ... the project for a year before he resigned.

    1. had been being managed
    2. had been managing

    Your answer:

  6. Shasa … the diet plan for more than two weeks when finally recognizing it didn’t work.

    1. has been trying
    2. had been trying

    Your answer:

  7. Vina was sad since you … her for a long time.

    1. had not been contacting
    2. had been not contacting

    Your answer:

  8. … his mobile phone conversations for a few minutes when he suddenly opened the door?

    1. Had been you overhearing
    2. Had you been overhearing

    Your answer:

  9. I … on the railway station waiting room for an hour before the train arrived.

    1. had been being sit
    2. had been sitting

    Your answer:

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References:

  1. Grammar Handbook: Perfect and Progressive Verb Forms. http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/perfectforms/. Accessed on February 22, 2013.
  2. esl.about.com. Accessed on November 24, 2013.
  3. englishpage.com. Accessed on November 24, 2013.
  4. englishclub.com. Accessed on November 24, 2013.
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49 thoughts on “Past Perfect Continuous Tense: Penjelasan dan Contoh Soal”

  2. Maaf, mau tanya. Kapan kita menggunakan had been + v-ing dan had been being V3? Terimakasih, sangat membantu sekali 🙂

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    • Had been v-ing untuk past perfect continuous tense. Untuk had been being v-3 sepertinya tidak lazim Sia, passive-perfect continuous itu bentuk yang tidak disukai.

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  3. Contoh terakhir ../ all I wanted to do was eat some chocolate .. Kenapa ” was eat ” ya? Kl dgn kata ate saja bs tidak? Jd kalimatnya
    ” all I wanted to do ate some chocolate ”
    Maaf sebelumnya , belum mengerti.

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    • Hmmm mungkin itu bukan struktur grammar terbaik, tapi itu pilihan kata2 untuk speaking (normal didengar), kalo versi lengkapnya “All I wanted to do was (to) eat some chocolate”, nah “to” tidak disebutkan pada speaking karena dianggap redundant karena sudah ada infinitive sebelumnya “to do”. Lain kalo kalimatnya: “All I wanted is to eat some chocolate.”

      Lihat: forum.wordreference.com/threads/all-i-wanted-to-do-was-go-out-with-my-friends.2336469/
      forum.wordreference.com/threads/all-i-wanted-to-do-was-to-make-you-happy.2934374/

      Contoh sejenis:

      I had been working in the garden all day, and all I wanted to do was sleep. esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/moreT.htm

      Kalo langsung “ate” saya rasa kurang terdengar normal saja… “semua yang saya inginkan makan…” kalo dijadiin passive: “beberapa coklat dimakan semua yang saya inginkan” 🙁

      Saya juga masih belajar Ulfa, mudah2an yang saya ungkapkan dari hasil baca-baca tidak salah 🙂

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  5. Bsok saya ujian semester. Saya smster 1 sastra inggris.. Ujian presentasi, dn bagian saya adlh past perfect continous. Ada tips tdak kakanda agar skses mmpresentasikan na.. Soal na saya blm paham btul dgn past perfect continous ini.. Mhon bimbingan na

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    • Wah maaf Roni baru balas, pasti udah ya presentasinya..
      Saya gak pernah presentasi bahasa Inggris sih, tapi apapun presentasinya saya rasa kita harus paham betul dan menyiapkan jawaban-jawaban untuk pertanyaan yg terprediksi. Presentasikan saja secara terstruktur dari pengertian, rumus, penggunaan, contoh…dannnn harus paham setiap yang di tampilkan/ucapkan 🙂

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