PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE ialah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau kejadian dimasa lampau yang berlangsung sebelum terjadi peristiwa lain pada waktu yang lampau pula.

Pattern:

(+) S+ HAD+ BEEN+ V1-ING

(-) S+ HAD+ NOT+ BEEN+ V1-ING

(?) HAD+ S+ BEEN+ V1-ING?

Examples:

(+) when I came from bandung in 2012, he had been living there about seven years

(-) when I came from bandung in 2012, he had not been living there about seven years

(?) when I came from bandung in 2012, had he been living there about seven years?

(+) she had been abusing me before I went

(-) she had not been abusing me before I went

(?) had she been abusing me before I went?

Time Signal:

When(ketika); until(hingga); before(sebelum); etc.