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Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past perfect continuous tense digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu tindakan yang dimulai di masa lalu dan berlangsung sampai tindakan lain di masa lalu.

Singkatnya begini :
1. Durasi tindakan masa lalu sampai titik waktu tertentu di masa lalu juva
2. Kalimat pengandaian
3. Kalimat tak langsung.

Rumusnya :
1. Kalimat positif (+) : S + had + been + verb-ing + O

Example : - Momo had been eating a Jokbal.

2. Kalimat negatif (-) : S + had + not + been + verb-ing + O

Example : - Momo had not been eating a Jokbal.

3. Kalimat tanya (?) : Had + S + Been + Verb-ing + O + ?

Example : - Had Momo been eating a jokbal?

Perbedaan antara present perfect continuous tense dengan past perfect continuous tense adalah present perfect continuous tense mengungkapkan tindakan yang terus berlanjut hingga sekarang, sedangkan past perfect continuous tense tidak.

Misalnya :
Present perfect continuous tense ➡ he has been playing for two hours (dia masih bermain atau baru saja selesai)

Past perfect continuous tense➡ he had been playing for fwo hours (dia telah bermain selama 2 jam dan sekarang dia tidak sedang bermain)

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