Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense adalah tense yang digunakan untu menyatakan kejadian yang sudah terjadi dimasa lalu sebelum sesuatu yang sudah terjadi.. Wah agak ribet ni ya? sebenarnya tense ini biasa juga dipakai untuk menyatakan kalimat pengandaian. Juga untuk menyatakan kalimat tak langsung.

contoh penggunaan Past Perfect Tense sehari-hari :

1. I had done the homework before the teacher came.
(saya sudah menyelesaikan pr sebelum guru datang)
2. If I had known the answers I never asked you.
(Jika aku tau jawabannya aku tidak akan pernah bertanya padamu)
3. He said that he had played well.
(Dia berkata bahwa dia telah bermain dengan baik.

Rumus Past Perfect Tense (With Verb)

(+) Subject + Had + Verb III + Complement
Contoh :
1. They had done the exam before 2008
2. Lusi had cut her hair before she was back to school
3. I had tasted all the Balinese foods when I was 16 years old

(-) Subject + Had + Not + Verb III + Complement
Contoh :
1. They had not done the exam before 2008
2. Lusi had not cut her hair before she was back to school
3. I had not tasted all the Balinese foods when I was 16 years old

(?) Had + Subject + Verb III + Complement
Contoh :
1. Had they done the exam before 2008?
2. Had Lusi cut her hair before she was back to school?
3. Had I tasted all the Balinese food when I was 16 years old?

 Rumus Past Perfect Tense (Without Verb)

(+) Subject + Had + Been + Noun/Adjective + Complement
Contoh :
1. You had been here after I came
2. Anto had been happy when he passed the test
3. We had been angry when we lost

(-) Subject + Had + Not + Been + Noun/Adjective + Complement
Contoh :
1. You had not been hereafter I came
2. Anto had not been happy when he passed the test
3. We had not been angry when we lost

(?) Had + Subject + Been + Noun/Adjective + Complement
Contoh :
1. Had you been here after I came?
2. Had Anto been happy when he passed the test?
3. Had we been angry when we lost?

Itulah tadi penjelasan Past Perfect Tense. Intinya tense ini digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang sudah terjadi sebelum suatu kejadian sudah terjadi dimasa lalu. Jika kalian belum puas atau masih mempunyai pertanyaan silahkan post a comment ya :)