Past Perfect Tense

1. Digunakan
• Bentuk waktu yang dipakai untuk menyatakan/menjelaskan adanya kejadian atau perbuatan yang sudah selesai dikerjakan dimasa lampau dan tidak ada hubungan di masa sekarang.

2. Pola Kalimat
2.1. Kalimat Verbal
(+) Positive Sentences
Subject +  had + Verb3 + object          
( - ) Negative Sentences
Subject +  had not + Verb3 + object
( ? ) Interrogative Sentences
Had + Subject + Verb3  + Object ?

2.2. Contoh Kalimat  Verbal
• I already(eat)before you offered me lunch
(+) I had already eaten before you offered lunch
(-)  I had not already eaten before you offered lunch
(?) Had I already eaten before you offered lunch ?

2.3. Kalimat Non Verbal
(+) Positive Sentences
Subject +  had + been  +  Compliment                                                                                                       ( (- ) Negative Sentences
Subject +  had not + been  +  Compliment                                                                                                         ( ? ) Interrogative Sentences
Had + Subject   + been + Compliment ?

2.4. Contoh Kalimat Non Verbal
• It (be) mine  for nine years before the cat run away
(+) It had been mine for nine years the cat run away
(- ) It had not been mine for nine years the cat run away
(?)  had it been mine for nine years the cat run away?

2.5. Time Signal/Keterangan Waktu
• Past perfect . . . .  before (sebelum) . . . . past tense
• Past Tense . . . . after (setelah ) . . . . past perfect
• Past Tense . . . . as soon as (secepatnya). . . . past perfect
• Past Tense . . . . until (hingga) . . . . past perfect