PAST PERFECT CONTINUS TENSE

Past Perfect Continuous Tense, yaitu suatu bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan pada saat
menyatakan aksi yang telah selesai pada suatu titik waktu tertentu di masa lalu. Aksi yang
dinyatakan memiliki durasi waktu tertentu. Mudahnya, tense ini digunakan untuk
mengekspresikan suatu kejadian yang telah dimulai dan sedang berlangsung di masa lampau,
namun saat ini sudah tidak terjadi lagi.

1. FORMULA
Kalimat positif : Subjek + had + been + V1-ing/ present participle

Example : Lia had been walking

Kalimat negatif : Subjek + had + not + been + V1-ing/ present participle

Example : Lia had not been walking

Kalimat pertanyaan : Had + subjek + been + V1-ing/ present participle + ?

Example : Had Lia been walking ?

2. FUNCTION

Fungsi Past Perfect continous tense dalam pembentukan kalimat terdiri dari bebrapa
macam, berikut fungsi dan penggunaannya:

1. Menceritakan tindakan yang telah terjadi dan sedang berlangsung di masa lalu
sampai titik waktu tertentu di masa lalu juga.
example : When Indra came, Nina had been cooking.
Kalimat ini menceritakan kejadian di masa lampau. Ini menceritakan bahwa
ketika Indra datang, Nina sedang memasak, dan kegiatan memasak ini sudah
dimulai sejak Indra belum datang. Kegiatan memasak itu telah terjadi dan juga
telah selesai di masa lampau.

2. kalimat pengandaian (Conditional Sentence) Type III

example : If it hadn’t been raining, we would have played football.
Kalimat diatas mengungkapkan suatu pengandaian tentang suatu hal yang tidak
benar-benar terjadi, atau kita membayangkan seolah-olah kejadian itu terjadi.

3. kalimat tak langsung (reported / indirect speech)

example :
 Direct speech : “She was cooking”
Indirect speech : She said that she had been cooking.

3. TIME SIGNAL USED

KETERANGAN WAKTU

When

After

Before

4. EXERCISES

1. I .... waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived. ( had been )
2. I had been .... hard, so I felt very tired. ( working )
3. I .... heard the song many times before ( had )
4. They had been .... for over an hour before Tony arrived. ( talking )
5. She .... working at the company for three years when it went out of business. ( had been )
6. My nephew was sick since he … outside in bad weather all day.

a. has been playing

b. had been playing

7. His skin became darker because he … something under the scorching sun without
sunscreen.
a. had been doing
b. has been doing
8. When you … the room, we … the matter of our wages for 10 minutes.
a. entered, had been discussing
b. had been entering, discussed
9. By the time I asked, my home assistant …
a. had been getting rid toxic household items of
b. had been getting rid of toxic household items
10. The senior engineer … the project for a year before he resigned.
a. had been being managed
 b. had been managing
11. Shasa … the diet plan for more than two weeks when finally recognizing it didn’t work.
a. has been trying
b. had been trying
12. Vina was sad since you … her for a long time.
a. had not been contacting
b. had been not contacting
13. … his mobile phone conversations for a few minutes when he suddenly opened the door?
a. had been you overhearing
b. had you been overhearing
14. I … on the railway station waiting room for an hour before the train arrived.
a. had been being sit
b. had been sitting
15. Before finally dead on June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson …a pop singer since 1980’s. ( had
been )
Jawaban

6. a. had been playing

7. a. had been doing
8. a. entered, had been discussing | Past perfect continuous tense untuk mengekspresikan
aksi yang (lebih) panjang. “When you entered the room…” terjadi sesaat.
9. b. had been getting rid of toxic household items | Get rid of merupakan phrasal verb yang
tidak dapat dipisah dengan direct object (=toxic household items)
antara particle dengan verb-nya ~ inseparable.
10. b. had been managing
11. b. had been trying
12. a. had not been contacting
13. b. had you been overhearing
14. b. had been sitting
Anggota Kelompok :

1. Indah Valentina Andriani (193101106)

2. Fathur Ridho K. N. A (193101103)