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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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!
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