- Mengungkapkan sebuah tindakan yang dimulai pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau dan masih berlangsung/berlanjut atau baru saja selesai di titik lain pada waktu itu (He grew thin because he had not been sleeping well for a week: Dia menjadi kurus karena tidak tidur selama satu minggu)
- Past Perfect Continuous Tense dapat digantikan oleh Past Perfect Tense. Contoh di atas boleh ditulis sebagai berikut: (He grew thin because he had not slept well for a week)
- Past Perfect Tense Continuous dibedakan dari Past Perfect Tense ketika bentuk tenses-nya mengungkapkan lamanya waktu dari suatu tindakan sementara penulisannya berhubungan dengan apa yang telah dicapai oleh tindakan tersebut. (I had been writing books all my life: Saya telah menulis buku sepanjang hidupku)
Affirmative
Subject + had + been + verb-ing
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I had been studying English
You/ we/ they had been studying English
He/ she/ my friend/ it had been eating
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Negative
Subject + had + not + been + verb-ing
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I had not been studying English
You/ we/ they had not been studying English
He/ she/ my friend/ it had not been eating
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Interrogative
Had + subject + been + verb-ing
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Had I been studying English
Had you/ we/ they been studying English
Had he/ she/ my friend/ it been eating
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Negative interrogative
Had + not + subject + been + verb-ing
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Had not I been studying English
Had not you/ we/ they been studying English
Had not he/ she/ my friend/ it been eating
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Catatan
Bentuk Singkatan:
I had : I’d
You had : You’d
We had : We’d
They had : They’d
He had : He’d
She had : She’d
Had not : hadn’t
Had not : hadn’t
Bentuk Short Answer Question
Bentuk Short Answer Question
Past Perfect
Continuous Tense
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Question
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Short Answer
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Complete Answer
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Had you been eating?
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Yes I had
No, I had not
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Yes I had been eating
No, I had not been eating
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Had he been studying English?
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Yes he had
No, he had not
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Yes he had been studying English
No, he had not been studying
English
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