Past Perfect Tense
Penggunaan Past Perfect Tense1. menceritakan sebuah kejadian yang sudah selesai sebelum tindakan lain di masa lalu
contoh :
a.You had studied physics before you moved to New York.
Kamu sudah belajar fisika sebelum pindah ke New York
b. You had not studied physics before you moved to Los angeles.
Kamu belum belajar fisika sebelum pindah ke New York
c. Had you studied physics before you moved to los angeles?
Apakah kamu sudah belajar fisika sebelum ke New York?
2. Kalimat pengandaian (Conditional Sentence) Type III
If + subject + Past perfect + would have + verb III
If we had known the answer, we would have told you
Seandainya kami telah tahu, kami akan telah mengatakan padamu (kenyataanya kami sudah tidak tahu)
3. Kalimat tak langsung (reported speech)
Reported speech adalah kalimat yang digunakan untuk menjelaskan perkataan seseorang. Kalimat ini mengubah dialog menjadi kalimat biasa
Dian: I have searched all the rooms.
George: Dian said she had searched all the rooms.
George : Dian mengatakan bahwa dia sudah mencari semua kamar
Rumus Past Perfect Tense
Positif (+)
Subject + had + verb III + (past participle) + object
Negatif (-)
Subject + had + not + verb III + object
Tanya (?)
Had + subject + verb III + object ?
Contoh :
They had been here before 1945 (+)
- mereka telah berada disini sebelum tahun 1945
They had not been here before 1945 (-)
- mereka belum berada disini sebelum tahun 1945
Had they been here before 1945 ? (?)
- apakah mereka telah berada disini sebelum 1945 ?
She had gone to London when I called her (+)
- dia telah pergi ke London ketika aku meneleponnya
She had not gone to London when I called her (-)
- dia belum pergi ke Londonketika aku meneleponnya
Had she gone to London when you called her ?
- apakah dia telah pergi ke London ketika kamu meneleponnya ?
Keterangan waktu (Adverb of time) yang umum digunakan dalam past Perfect tense:
after, before, already, as soon as, just, yet, until, till, by the time that.
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