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Past Perfect Continuous

Menekankan Durasi Kejadian di Masa Lalu

Tense ini digunakan untuk aksi yang sedang berlangsung di masa lalu, selama periode waktu tertentu, sebelum aksi lain terjadi. Poin utamanya adalah durasi.

E.g. "I had been waiting for two hours before she arrived."

🕒 Kenapa Pakai Tense Ini?

Past Perfect
Fokus: Selesai
(Had finished)

VS

Past Perf. Cont.
Fokus: Durasi
(Had been doing)

Positive (+)

S + had + been + V-ing

We had been living there.

Negative (-)

S + hadn't + been + V-ing

We hadn't been living.

Question (?)

Had + S + been + V-ing?

Had we been living?

Subject	Time Signals	Fungsi Utama
All Subjects (Had)	For (selama)	Pamer durasi aksi
I, You, He, etc.	Since (sejak)	Sebab-akibat di masa lalu

Pro Tip: Tense ini sangat jarang dipakai di percakapan santai, tapi SANGAT sering muncul di soal Reading TOEFL/IELTS!