Perhatikan subject dan bentuk verb yang dipakai.
Kalimat Positif:
- I/You/We/They + had been + verb ing
- He/She/It + had been + verb ing
Kalimat Negatif:
- I/You/We/They + had not (hadn’t) been + verb ing
- He/She/It + had not (hadn’t) been + verb ing
Kalimat Tanya:
- Had + I/You/We/They + been + verb ing
- Had + He/She/It + been + verb ing
Kalau kalian amati:
- semua kalimat pakai verb ing
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I had been studying English for three years before I took the TOEFL test.
= Aku sudah belajar bahasa Inggris selama tiga tahun sebelum ikut tes TOEFL.
= Aku sudah belajar bahasa Inggris selama tiga tahun sebelum ikut tes TOEFL.
I had been waiting for you for an hour before you finally arrived.
= Aku sudah menunggu kamu satu jam sebelum kamu akhirnya datang.
= Aku sudah menunggu kamu satu jam sebelum kamu akhirnya datang.
We had been traveling around Europe before we moved to Asia.
= Kami sudah berkeliling Eropa sebelum pindah ke Asia.
= Kami sudah berkeliling Eropa sebelum pindah ke Asia.
They had been waiting at the station before the train was cancelled.
= Mereka sudah menunggu di stasiun sebelum perjalanan kereta dibatalkan.
= Mereka sudah menunggu di stasiun sebelum perjalanan kereta dibatalkan.
He had been working out regularly before he got sick.
= Dia sudah berolahraga secara teratur sebelum jatuh sakit.
= Dia sudah berolahraga secara teratur sebelum jatuh sakit.
She had been crying before her mother comforted her.
= Dia sudah menangis sebelum ibunya menenangkannya.
= Dia sudah menangis sebelum ibunya menenangkannya.