Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense adalah waktu yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan perbuatan atau peristiwa yang dimulai atau terjadi dimasa lampau dan terus berlangsung ataupun selesai dimasa lampau berikutnya.

Fungsi Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense digunakan untuk mengacu atau menunjukkan peristiwa atau perbuatan masa lampau yang terjadi dalam jangka waktu tertentu.

Past Perfect Tense menggunakan jenis "TO BE 3" and "VERB 3"

TO BE 3 adalah: been (untuk selengkapnya, lihat tabel berikut)

I	been
You
They
We
He
She
It

I	Had
You
They
We
He She It

Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect Tense

Mengekspresikan kalimat Past Perfect Tense yang menggunakan kata kerja

+	Subject + Had + Verb 3 + Object
-	Subject + Had + NOT + Verb 3 + Object
?	Had + Subject + Verb 3 + Object?
?	Question Word + Had + Subject + Verb 3 + Object?

Contoh :

+	My parents had already drunk by the time I got home.
-	Sam had not left when we got there.
?	When your son was in the junior high school, Had you lived there? Jawaban: Yes I had, atau No, I had not.
?	How long had you watched Cinema when I called my friend?

+	Subject + Had + To be 3 + Non Verb + Object
-	Subject + (Had + NOT) + To be 3 + Non Verb + Object
?	Had + Subject + To be 3 + Non Verb + Object?
?	Question Word + Had + Subject + To be 3 + Non Verb + Object?

Contoh :

+	The sky had been clear after the storm was disappeared.
-	She had not been there when I arrived in my home.
?	Had she been here for 4 hours?
?	How long had you been in Anna’s house?

CATATAN:

Jika menggunakan keterangan waktu baik “after” atau “before” dalam suatu kalimat, penggunaan Past Perfect Tense tidak begitu diperlukan jika memang hubungan waktunya sudah sangat jelas. Dan Simple Past Tense bisa digunakan untuk kalimat tersebut, perhatikan contoh kalimat di bawah ini:

Julie had left before we got there (Past Perfect Tense) bisa dirubah menjadi: “Julie left before we got there”. (Simple Past Tense)