What is past perfect tense what is the pattern and give the example??plizz
Jawaban:
Some examples of the past perfect tense can be seen in the following sentences:
Had met: She had met him before the party.
Had left: The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.
Had written: I had written the email before he apologized.
Had wanted: Kate had wanted to see the movie, but she did not have money for the ticket.
Penjelasan:
To form the past perfect tense you use the past tense of the verb "to have," which is had, and add it to the past participle of the main verb. For example: subject + had + past participle = past perfect tense.
Jawaban:
Penjelasan:
Past perfect tense adalah digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu peristiwa / kejadian waktu lampau yang masih ada kaitannya sampai sekarang
Pola kalimat : * VERBAL / ada kata kerja
(+) S + have/has + V3
(-) S + have/has not + V3
(?) Have /has + S + V3
* NON VERBAL / tanpa kata kerja
(+) S + have/has been + adj/adv/noun
(-) S + have/has not been + adj/adv/noun
(?) Have /has + S + been + adj/adv/noun
Example : * saya sakit sejak kemarin
= i have been sick yesterday
* saya les sejak jam 4
= i have taken course since at four
NOTE:
Dalam past perfect selalu disertai kata sejak dan selama
sejak = since
selama = for (jika ditemani angka)
during ( jika tidak ditemani dengan angka)