Sonora.ID - Berikut ini sejumlah contoh kalimat past perfect tense positif, negatif, interogatif beserta artinya.
Past perfect tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lalu dan sudah selesai juga di masa lalu, demikian seperti dikutip dari Gramedia.
Tense satu ini merupakan gabungan dari tense simple past dan juga present perfect tense. Rumus past perfect tense yakni sebagai berikut:
- (+) Subject + had + verb 3
- (-) Subject + had + not + verb 3
- (?) Had + Subject + verb 3
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Berikut ini contoh kalimat past perfect tense dan artinya.
1. (+) The bus had left when he reached the bus stop. / Busnya sudah pergi ketika dia sampai di halte.
2. (-) The bus had not left when he reached the bus stop. / Busnya belum berangkat ketika dia sampai di halte.
3. (?) Had the bus left when he reached the bus stop? / Apakah busnya telah pergi ketika dia sampai di halte?
4. By the time I got home, my sister had finished his homework. / Saat aku sampai di rumah, kakakku telah menyelesaikan PRnya.
5. By the time I got home, my brother had not finished his homework. / Saat aku sampai di rumah, kakakku belum menyelesaikan PRnya.
6. Had your sister finished his homework by the time you got home? / Apakah kakakmu telah menyelesaikan PRnya saat kamu sampai di rumah?
7. Rizka had studied before she took the IELTS test. / Rizka telah belajar sebelum dia mengikuti tes IELTS.
8. Rizka had not studied before she took the IELTS test. / Rizka belum belajar sebelum dia mengikuti tes IELTS.
9. Had Rizka studied grammar before she took the IELTS test? / Apakah Rizka telah belajar tata bahasa sebelum mengikuti tes IELTS?
10. I had fed my hamster before I left. / Aku telah memberi makan hamsterku sebelum aku pergi.
11. I had not fed my hamster before I left. / Aku belum memberi makan hamsterku sebelum aku pergi.
12. Had you fed my hamster before you left? / Apakah kamu telah memberi makan hamstermu sebelum kamu pergi?
13. My brother had washed his car before he went out of town. / Abangku telah mencuci mobilnya sebelum dia pergi ke luar kota.
14. My brother had not washed his car before he went out of town. / Abangku belum mencuci mobilnya sebelum dia pergi ke luar kota.
15. Had your brother washed his car before went out of town? / Apakah Abangmu telah mencuci mobilnya sebelum pergi ke luar kota?