Friday, 17 April 2026

Past Perfect Tense

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Past Perfect Tense

"Masa Lalu" dari Masa Lalu


Past Perfect menceritakan kejadian yang sudah selesai sebelum kejadian lain terjadi di masa lalu. Tense ini digunakan agar urutan cerita tidak tertukar.

E.g. "When I arrived, the train had left."

🕒 Urutan Kejadian (Sequence)

1st Event
(Past Perfect)
➡️
2nd Event
(Simple Past)

"Aksi 1 sudah beres, baru kemudian Aksi 2 menyusul."

Positive (+)

S + had + Verb 3

He had finished.

Negative (-)

S + hadn't + Verb 3

He hadn't finished.

Question (?)

Had + S + Verb 3?

Had he finished?

Keywords V1 V3 (Past Participle)
Before / AfterEatEaten
By the timeDoDone
AlreadyLeaveLeft
Note: Kabar baik! Kamu tidak perlu bingung pilih Have atau Has, semua subjek di tense ini pakai HAD.

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