Pengertian Past Future Continuous Tense
Past future continuous tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja untuk menyatakan aksi atau situasi imajiner yang sedang berlangsung apabila unreal condition-nya terpenuhi (present continuous conditional
1. Rumus Past Future Continuous Tense
Past future continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb would atau should dan be, dan present participle (-ing). Secara umum future continuous tense umumnya hanya terjadi pada aksi berupa dynamic/action verb, tidak stative verb karena umumnya hanya dynamic verb yang memiliki bentuk continuous
Verbal : menunjukkan adanya kejadian yang subjek lakukan
Berikut rumus past future continuous tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif.
| Rumus | Contoh Past Future Continuous Tense |
| kalimat positif (+) S + would be + present participle (-ing) | He would be working We would be studying |
| kalimat negatif (-) S + would + not + be + present participle (V-ing) | He wouldn’t be working We wouldn’t be studying |
| kalimat interogatif (?) would + S + be + present participle (V-ing) | Would he be working Would we be studying |
Non Verbal : menunjukkan keadaan si subject
| Bentuk kalimat | Rumus |
| kalimat positif (+) | Subj + would + be + adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun |
| kalimat negatif (-) | Subj + would + not + be + adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun |
| kalimat interogatif (?) | would + Subj + be+ adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun ? |
2. Subject verb agreement
| Subject | Verb | verb | Verb (be) |
| She | Would | was | |
| He | Would | was | |
| It | Would | was | |
| Benda tunggal (singular noun ) – Upin – Student – Mouse | Would | was | |
| I | Would | Should | was |
| You | Would | were | |
| They | Would | were | |
| We | Would | Should | were |
| Benda jama (plural noun ) – Upin and Ipin – StudentS – Mice | Would | were |
3. Contoh Kalimat Past Future Continuous Tense
| No | Contoh Kalimat Past Future Continuous Tense |
| 1 | I would be attending the conference if I were in Jakarta. (Saya akan sedang menghadiri konferensi tersebut jika saya ada di Jakarta.) Fact: but I’m not in Jakarta (tapi saya tidak di Jakarta) |
| 2 | We would be doing some soil tests if you brought soil samples. (Kita akan sedang melakuan beberapa tes tanah jika kamu membawa contoh tanah.) Fact: but you don’t bring soil samples (tapi kamu tidak membawa contoh tanah) |
| 3 | Would you be having breakfast if you had at least 2 slices of bread? (Apakah kamu akan sedang sarapan kalau kamu punya setidaknya dua potong roti?) Fact: but you have no bread (tapi kamu tidak punya roti) |
| 4 | If she came, the show would be taking place smoothly. (Jika dia datang, pertunjukkan akan berjalan dengan lancar.) Fact: but she doesn’t come (tapi dia tidak datang) |