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Pengertian Past Perfect Continuous Tense 

The past perfect continuous tense (kadang suka disebut juga sebagai past perfect progressive tense) menunjukkan bahwa tindakan yang dimulai di masa lalu terus berlanjut hingga waktu yang lain di masa lalu.

Bedanya dengan present perfect continuous adalah kegiatannya dimulai dia masa lalu dan masih dilakukan sampai sekarang. Sedangkan the past perfect continuous adalah kejadian yang dimulai di masa lalu, dan masih berlanjut di masa lalu dan juga selesai di suatu waktu di masa lalu. Aga bingung? hehe kita lihat contoh saja biar lebih mudah yah...

Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect Continuous Tense 

He had been drinking milk out the carton when Mom walked into the kitchen.

Ini menceritakan kejadian yang sudah terjadi, pada saat kejadian dia sedang meminum susu dari kotak susu pada saat ibu masuk ke dapur.

I had been working at the company for five years when I got the promotion.

Ini juga menceritakan kejadian yang sudah terjadi, saya sedang bekerja di perusahaan selama lima tahun pada saat saya mendapatkan promosi.

Jadi fungsi dari past perfect continuous tense atau past perfect progressive tense digunakan untuk menjelaskan kejadian yang sedang berlangsung di masa lalu dan kerjadian tersebut masih berlanjut di masa lalu. Biasanya digunakan untuk menggambarkan kejadian yang dimulai dan berakhir di suatu waktu di masa lalu.

Biasanya kalimatnya diikuti keterangan waktu yang menunjukkan kapan kejadi tersebut dimulai di masa lalu atau untuk berapa lama kejadian tersebut berlangsung di masa lalu. Keterangan waktu yang biasa digunakan 'when' 'since' dan 'for'. Ini contoh kalimatnya: (yang 'when' sudah ada pada contoh kalimat di atas yah)

She had been studying in that university since 2008.
She had been waiting for you since Wednesday.

He had been working for Newspaper for five years.
They had been studying for exam for three months.

Bagaimana sudah mulai paham apa yang dimaksud past perfect continuous tenses?

Rumus Past Perfect Continuous Tense

'had' + been (the past participle of 'be')+ verb-ing

Contoh kalimat yang ada di bawah ini tidak lengkap yah tetapi menggambarkan penggunaan rumusnya saja, harusnya di belakang kalimatnya masih ada keterangan waktunya, seperti contoh kalimat di atas yang telah kita bahas.

Past perfect continuous tense positif

I had been living
You had been going
She had been sleeping
He had been working
It had been raining
We had been studying
They had been cooking

Past perfect continuous tense negative

I had not been trying (I hadn't been..)
You had not been working (you hadn't been..)
She had not been crying (she hadn't been..)
He had not been shopping (he hadn't been..)
It had not been snowing (it hadn't been..)
We had not been reading (we hadn't been..)
They had not been running (they hadn't been..)

Past perfect continuous tense interogatif

'Yes / no' questions:

Had I been working?
Had you been sleeping?
Had she been reading?
Had he been watching TV?
Had it been raining?
Had we been drinking?
Had they been eating?

'Wh' questions:

Where had I been working?
How long had you been sleeping?
What had she been reading?
How long had he been watching TV?
How long had it been raining?
What had we been drinking?
Why had they been eating?

Apakah kalian sudah lebih memahami tentang past perfect continuous tense? Kalau belum silahkan baca lagi secara perlahan. Yang penting pahami makna dari kalimatnya, soal rumusnya dapat kita hafalkan terakhir. Cukup sekian, semoga bermanfaat.