Memahami Rumus Past Perfect Tense Bersama CoBI

The past perfect tense digunakan saat dua tindakan terjadi di masa lalu. Kita menggunakan The past perfect tense untuk tindakan yang terjadi terlebih dahulu dan bentuk simple past tense untuk tindakan yang akan terjadi selanjutnya.

Untuk membuat teman lebih jelas lihat contoh berikut:

Example 1:

• The bus left at 10.30 pm. (First action)


• We arrived at 10.40 pm. (Second action)


• When we arrived, the bus had left.--- ketika kami tiba, busnya sudah berangkat

Example 2:

• The classes started. (First action)


• we arrived at school. (Second action)


• Before we arrived at school the classes had started. ---- Sebelum kami sampai di sekolah, kelasnya sudah dimulai

Memahami Rumus Past Perfect Tense Dalam Sebuah Kalimat Bahasa Inggris

Kalau teman perhatikan yang menjadi ciri dari past perfect tense adalah verbnya yang memiliki rumus Had +V3.

Mirip dengan present perfect tense. Had merupakan bentuk past dari have/has.

Mari kita lihat struktur past perfect tense.

1. Affirmative (Positive)

Subject	Auxiliary	Verb	Object/Complement
I, We, You, They, He, She, It	had	Past Participle	Object/Keterangan

2. Negative

Subject	Auxiliary +Not	Verb	Object/Complement
I, We, You, They, He, She, It	had + not	Past Participle	Object/Keterangan

3. Yes/No type Question

Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Object/Complement+?
Had	I, We, You, They, He, She, It	Past Participle	Object/Keterangan+?

4. Information Question?

Question	Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Object/Complement+?
QW	had	I, We, You, They, He, She, It	Past Participle	Object/Keterangan+?

Important Note:

Verb – Bentuk Ke 3

Auxiliary verb – Had

I, We, You, They, He, She, It – Had

Berikut adalah penjelasan lebih jauh tentang rumus dan contoh kalimat pastperfect tense.

1. Memahami Rumus Past Perfect Tense Dalam Kalimat Affirmative (Positive)

Subject	Auxiliary	Verb Bentuk 3	Object/Complement
I	had	finished	my homework.
You	had	studied	hard.
We	had	sent	a request.
He	had	gone	to Bandung.
She	had	written	the letter.
It	had	stopped	working.
They	had	rejected	me.

2. Negative Sentences

Subject	Auxiliary + Not	Verb Bentuk 3	Object/Complement
I	had not	finished	my homework.
You	had not	studied	hard.
We	had not	sent	a request.
He	had not	gone	to Bandung.
She	had not	written	the letter.
It	had not	stopped	working.
They	had not	rejected	me.

3. Yes/No type Question

Auxiliary	Subject	Verb Bentuk 3	Object/Complement+?
Had	I	finished	my homework?
Had	you	studied	hard?
Had	we	sent	a request?
Had	he	gone	to Bandung?
Had	she	written	the letter?
Had	it	stopped	working?
Had	they	rejected	me?

4. Information Questions

Question Word	Auxiliary	Subject	Verb Bentuk 3	Object/Complement+?
When	had	I	finished	my work?
How	had	you	studied	?
When	had	we	sent	a request?
Why	had	he	gone	to Bandung?
What	had	she	written	?
How long	had	it	stopped	working?
Why	had	they	rejected	me?
Where	had	Andi	lived	before?

Kapan sebaiknya kita menggunakan rumus past perfect tense?

1. Sebuah tindakan selesai sebelum tindakan kedua di masa lalu.

• When we arrived, the film had started.


• When I came, she had had her breakfast.

2. Sesuatu yang dimulai di masa lalu dan berlanjut ke tindakan atau waktu lain di masa lalu.

• When he graduated, he had been in London for six years.


• Last month, I had worked here for three months.

3. Untuk membicarakan hal-hal yang tidak nyata atau imajiner di masa lalu. Disebut juga contitional bentuk ke 3.

• If I had known you were ill, I would have visited you.


• She would have passed the exam if she had studied harder.


• I wish I hadn't gone to bed so late!

Memahami Rumus Past Perfect Tense Bersama CoBI

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