Past Perfect Tense (I had done)

Past Perfect Tense adalah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk:

Menceritakan sebuah tindakan yang sudah selesai dengan sempurna sebelum tindakan yang lain di masa lampau.
Menyatakan kalimat pengandaian (conditional sentence) Type III if past perfect, past future perfect.

Example : If we had known the answer, we would have told you.
(Jika kami telah tahu, kami akan mengatakannya)

Rumus Verbal:
(+) S+had+V3+O
(-) S+had+not+V3+O
(?) Had+S+V3+O

Examples:
(+) I had eaten before my sister came.
(-) I had not eaten before my sister came
(?) Had I eaten before my sister came?

(+) She had learnt English grammar before she had played a game.
(-) She had not learnt English grammar before she had played a game.
(?) Had she learnt English grammar before she played a game?

(+) Roma and Ridho had sung a pop song before they slept in their beds.
(-) Roma and Ridho had not sung a pop song before they slept in their beds.
(?) Had Roma and Ridho sung a pop song before they slept in their beds?

Time signal:

Past Perfect..........(before)........Past Tense
past tense..........(after)................Past Perfect
past tense..........(as soon as)............Past Perfect
past tense...........(until)...................Past Perfect

Exercise:

1. (+) My brother had eaten all the chocolate before my parents come home.
    (-) ................................................................................................................
    (?) ................................................................................................................

2. (+) .................................................................................................................
    (-) She had not asked me for his cellphone number before she phoned him.
    (?) ..................................................................................................................

3. (+) ................................................................................
    (-) ................................................................................
    (?) Had she found the key before she opened the box?

4. (+) After mom had washed the dishes, she cleaned the window.
    (-) ...............................................................................................
    (?) ................................................................................................

5. (+) After he had worked here, he fell ill.
    (-) ..........................................................
    (?) ...........................................................

Past Perfect Tense (I had done)

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