PAST PERFECT TENSE

PAST PERFECT TENSE

Bentuk : Had + V₃

Kegunaan :

Kita menggunakan Past Perfect Tense jika ingin mengatakan bahwa suatu kegiatan sudah selesai sebelum kegiatan lain terjadi di waktu lampau.

Pola 1 : S + had + V3 + before/when + S + V2

Pola 2 : Before/when + S + V2, S + had + V3

Pola 3 : S + V2 + after + S + had + V3

Pola 4 : After + S + had + V3, S + V2

Pola 5 : S + V2 + because + S + Had + never + V3 + before

Contoh :

The train had already left when we got to the station. (pola 1)

It was my first time in airplane. I was very nervous because I had never flown before. (Pola5)

After I had finished dinner, I wrote a report. (Pola4)

She called her friend after she had done her home work ( Pola3).

Exercise 5

Tentukan kata kerja dalam kurung apakah dalam bentuk Past Perfect atau

Past Simple berdasarkan konteks yang ada.

1. The House was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ______ (go)

    to bed.

2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I _______ (go) straight to bed.

3 Sorry I'm late. The car ______ (broke) down on my way here.

4. There was a car by the side of the road. It _______ (break) down and

    the driver was trying to repair it.

5. 'Was Fanny there when you arrived?' 'No, She ____ (go) home.