Past

Perfect
Continuous
Tense
( Pasif )
 Mrs. Nelia Fariani
S, S.S., M.Pd
About Me

Hello everyone, my name is Rizal Afandi, I am 20 years old, i was

born in Brebes, January 22nd 1999. My hobby is listening. I have 3
education background, elementary school of 1 Ciledug Kulon, Junior
High School of 1 Ciledug, and I am alumni in Senior High School
Of 1 Babakan, and now i major in Communication Science at the
 Swadaya Gunung Jati University because being a journalist is my
dream since childhood.
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 Cirebon, June 12th 2019

Rizal Afandi

Table Of
Contens
1. Acknowledgements
2. The meaning of Past Perfect Continuous Tense
3. Characteristic of Past Perfect Continuous Tense
4. The Formula Past Perfect Continuous Tense
5. Examples of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Sentences
6. Impression and Suggestion
 1. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Perfect continuous tense in the past is part of the verb that is used to
represent an action. In other words, this sentence pattern is used to
announce events that have started and happened in the past, and
now they have not happened again.

Past perfect continuous tense is formed with the auxiliary verb had
and been and the present participle (V-ing). In general, past perfect
continuous tense only occurs in actions such as dynamic or verb
action, not stative verb because generally only dynamic verb has a
continuous form.

2. Characteristic of Past Perfect Continuous Tense

At the beginning it was stated that the past perfect continuous

tense pattern is marked by a verb composed of the auxiliary verb
had been and the present participle (V-ing). This is an important
point to remember. Besides that, another important point to
remember is when the incident occurred.

The use of past perfect continuous tense is similar to the present

perfect continuous tense. The difference lies in the reference time
that occurred. The continuous present perfect has a span of time
from before now to now. While in the past perfect contingent
tense, the time reference is before now until a time earlier than
before now.

One example sentence, for example she has been reading at the
library of Fisip. The same sentence example is used in the present
perfect continuous tense discussion. Without a description of
time, there are two ways to express sentences in English. That she
has been reading at the library of Fisip or she had been reading at
the library of Fisip.

Which one is true? What makes it different? This can be

distinguished by when the statement is stated.

For example, the statement was revealed when the incident was
still ongoing / she was still reading, so the pattern used was the
Present Perfect Continuous Tense. However, if the activities
carried out have not taken place, for example, the statement is
expressed at night, then the pattern used is Past Perfect
Continuous Tense.
3. The Formula Past Perfect Continuous Tense

As in the formation of other complete sentences, a sentence

consists of at least the subject and predicate (verb). So, the most
important part of past perfect continuous tense is the subject and
verb formed by the auxiliary verb had been and the present
participle.

Sentences with past perfect continuous patterns can be arranged

using the past perfect continuous tense formula like the following.

Just like with other continuous tense patterns, past perfect

continuous tense also only occurs in dynamic verb actions.
Because only dynamic verb has a continuous verb form. Whereas
in the stative verb, generally it does not have a continuous form.

4. Examples of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Sentences

Examples of sentences with grammar English for past perfect

continuous tense can be seen in the examples of the sentence
below.

1. Menyatakan kejadian yang panjang di masa lampau sebelum

kejadian lainnya terjadi.
Contoh kalimat:
 When my lecturer came, I had been sleeping for an hour.
(Ketika dosen saya datang, saya telah tidur selama satu
jam.)
 She had been waiting for thirthy minutes before the event
was begun. (Dia telah menunggu selama tiga puluh menit
sebelum acara dimulai.)

2. Memberitahukan berapa lama sesuatu terjadi (period of time)

atau sampai waktu tertentu di masa lampau.

Contoh kalimat:
  My sister had been studying hard all day, then all she
wanted to do was slept. (Kaka saya sudah belajar keras
sepanjang hari, kemudian yang dia ingin lakukan adalah
tidur.)
 He was annoyed since she had been standing for thirthy
in the bus. (Dia kesal karena telah berdiri selama tiga
puluh menit di dalam bus.)
 By the time the lecturer came, the students had been
doing a presentation for twenty minutes. (Pada waktu
dosen datang, para siswa telah sedang melakukan
presentasi selama dua puluh menit.)

3. Membetuk kalimat pengandaian (conditional sentence) type III

Contoh kalimat:

 If it had been raining, I would have not gone anywhere.

(Bila hari ini hujan, aku tidak akan pergi ke manapun.)

4. Membentuk kalimat tidak langsung (indirect speech)

Contoh kalimat:

 Doni said he had been gardening all afternoon. (Doni

mengatakan bahwa dia telah sedang berkebun sepanjang
sore.)
 When lecturer asked her, Ara told them she had been
going to the library that day. (Ketika dosen bertanya
kepada dia, Ara mengatakan bahwa dia telah sedang pergi
ke perpustakaan hari itu.)
 Such is the review of material about past perfect continuous
tense. Includes understanding, formulas, and examples of
past perfect continuous tense questions. Thank you for
reading, hopefully it's useful.

5. Impression and Suggestion