Penggunaan Past Perfect Continuous

The Past Perfect Continuous

Past perfect continuous tense adalah tense (kala) yang dipakai untuk menyatakan suatu peristiwa yang menekankan pada lama durasi dari peristiwa itu terjadi, sedang past perfect tense hanya menekankan pada peristiwa saja, tanpa menghiraukan berapa durasinya.

Past perfect simple:

I HAD learned English in New York last year

(saya TELAH belajar bahasa Inggris di New York tahun kemarin)

Pada past perfect tense ini hanya peristiwa saja yang ditekankan.

Past Perfect continuous:

I HAD BEEN learning English 3 years in New York.

(saya TELAH belajar bahasa Inggris selama 3 tahun di New York)

Pada past perfect continous ini kita menekankan durasi.

A. KONSTRUKSI

Had + been + kata kerja -ing

Contoh:

Saya mengatakan begini, karena kemarin (past) ada suatu peristiwa:

I hadn't been paying attention. Was the ground wet? Had it been raining?

(Saya tidak memperhatikan, apakah tanahnya basah? hujankah?)

Perbandingannya dengan Past Perfect Tense.

Past Perfect Continuous (PPC)	Past Perfect (PP)
Over a period (had been doing)	Complete (had done)
I found the calculator. I'd been looking for it for ages. Vicky felt tired because she'd been working all day. We are thinking of Vicky's work going on as she got tired.	I finally bought a new calculator. I'd looked everywhere for the old one. Vicky felt pleased because she'd done so much work. We are thinking if Vicky's work as complete.
Menyatakan lama durasi	Menyatakan jumlah kuantitas
When the company went bankrupt, it had been losing money FOR MONTHS.	When the company went bankrupt, it had lost OVER A MILLION POUNDS.

Perbandingannya dengan Present Perfect Continuous

PrPC: Vicky looks very upset. I think she's been crying.

(Vicky terlihat sangat galau. Aku pikir dia sedang menangis.)

PPC: Vicky looked very upset. I thought she'd been cyring.

(Vickt terlihat sangat galau. Aku pikir dia telah menangis.)

Perbandingannya dengan Past Continuous

PC:  When I phoned, Natasha was having a piano lesson. (I phoned during the lesson).

(Ketika saya menelpon, Natasha sedang belajar piano)

PPC:  When I phoned, Natasha had been having a piano lesson. (I phoned after the lesson).

(Ketika saya menelpon, Natahsa sudah belajar piano)