Past Perfect Tense (Pelajaran 19)

A. Pola Kalimat Past Perfect Tense

(+) Subject + had + verb 3 + object

(-) Subject + had + not + veb 3 + object

(?) Had + subject + verb 3 + object

Contoh:
Saya telah membawa tiga buku.
(+) I had brought three books.
(-) I had not brought three books.
(?) Had I brought three books?

B. Penggunaan
Past Perfect Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan aktivitas yang telah selesai dilakukan ketika/sebelum peristiwa lain terjadi di masa lampau.
Contoh:

• He had completely read one novel when I visited him. (Dia telah membaca satu novel penuh ketika saya mengunjunginya.)
• After he had finished working, he went home. (Setelah dia selesai bekerja dia pulang ke rumah.)

C. Keterangan Waktu

• after : sesudah
• as soon as : segera
• until/till : hingga
• before : sebelum
• when : ketika

D. Latihan
1. Terjemahkan cerita di bawah ini ke dalam bahasa Indonesia!
Do you speak English?
I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had  got into the car, I said good morning to him in France and he replied the same language. Apart from a few word, I do not know any French at all. neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said very slowly, "Do you speak English?" As I soon learnt, he was English himself!

Important vocabularies:

• amusing experience : pengalaman lucu
• village : desa
• south : selatan
• drove on : mengendarai
• waved : melambaikan tangan
• a lift : tumpangan
• nearly : hampir
• reached : sampai, mencapai
• suddenly : tiba-tiba
• slowly : pelan

2. Buatlah sepuluh kalimat dengan menggunakan pola kalimat Past Perfect Tense!