16-Past Perfect Continuous Tense

✅ Past Perfect Continuous Tense

(Juga disebut: Past Perfect Progressive)

📌 Pengertian

Past Perfect Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan:

1. Kegiatan yang sudah dimulai di masa lalu

2. Berlangsung selama periode waktu tertentu

3. Dan berakhir sebelum kejadian lain di masa lalu

⚠️ Fokusnya adalah lama waktu suatu aktivitas sebelum sesuatu yang lain terjadi di masa lampau.

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🧠 Rumus Umum

Bentuk Kalimat	Rumus	Contoh
(+) Positif	Subject + had been + Verb-ing	She had been studying for hours before she slept.
(–) Negatif	Subject + had not been + Verb-ing	We had not been waiting long when the bus arrived.
(?) Yes/No Question	Had + Subject + been + Verb-ing?	Had he been working all day?
(?) WH-Question	WH + had + Subject + been + Verb-ing?	How long had you been staying there?

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🔍 Fungsi Past Perfect Continuous

1. Menjelaskan durasi kegiatan sebelum sesuatu terjadi

   I had been reading for 2 hours when the lights went out.

2. Menekankan penyebab akibat

   She was tired because she had been running all morning.

3. Aktivitas yang baru saja selesai sebelum kejadian lain

   They had been fighting, that’s why the room was a mess.

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✨ Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect Continuous

➕ Positif:

• He had been working since morning before the guests arrived.

• I had been cooking for 2 hours before they came.

➖ Negatif:

• She had not been sleeping well for weeks.

• We hadn’t been practicing enough before the match.

❓ Tanya:

• Had you been studying before the exam?
  → Yes, I had. / No, I hadn’t.

• Why had she been crying?

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🕒 Keterangan Waktu yang Umum Digunakan

• For (selama): for 2 hours, for days, for a week

• Since (sejak): since Monday, since 2010

• Before + kejadian lain:
  → He had been waiting before the rain started.

• When + kejadian lain:
  → They had been sleeping when the baby cried.

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🎯 Perbandingan Singkat

Tense	Contoh	Arti
Past Perfect	I had eaten before he came.	Fokus pada selesai
Past Perfect Continuous	I had been eating for an hour before he came.	Fokus pada lama durasi

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📌 Kesimpulan

Gunakan Past Perfect Continuous Tense saat kamu ingin:

• Menekankan lama waktu aktivitas sebelum kejadian lain di masa lalu

• Menjelaskan penyebab atau alasan kondisi di masa lalu

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🧪 Mini Latihan:

Isi dengan bentuk Past Perfect Continuous yang tepat:

1. She _______ (work) all day before she took a rest.

2. _______ they _______ (wait) long when you arrived?

3. We _______ not _______ (study) hard enough before the test.