Pengertian Past Future Perfect Continuous
Past future perfect continuous tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja untuk menyatakan suatu aksi atau situasi imajiner sedang berlangsung pada titik tertentu atau selama periode tertentu di masa lampau.
1. Rumus Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Past future perfect continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb would, have, been dan present participle (-ing).
Secara umum past future perfect continuous tense hanya terjadi pada aksi berupa dynamic verb, tidak stative verb karena umumnya hanya dynamic verb yang memiliki bentuk continuous.
Verbal : menunjukkan subject melakukan suatu kejadian
Berikut rumus past future perfect continuous tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif.
| Rumus | Contoh Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense |
| kalimat positif (+) S + would + have + been + present participle (-ing) | He would have been driving They would have been working |
| kalimat negatif (-) S + would + not + have + been + present participle (-ing) | He would not have been driving They would not have been working |
| kalimat interogatif (?) Would + S + have + been + present participle (-ing) ? | Would he have been driving? Would they have been working? |
Non Verbal : menunjukkan keadaan si subject
| Bentuk kalimat | Rumus |
| kalimat positif (+) | Subj + would + have + been + adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun |
| kalimat negatif (-) | Subj + would + not + have + been + adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun |
| kalimat interogatif (?) | would + Subj + have + been + adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun ? |
2. Subject verb agreement
| Subject | Verb | verb |
| She | Would | |
| He | Would | |
| It | Would | |
| Benda tunggal (singular noun ) – Upin – Student – Mouse | Would | |
| I | Would | Should |
| You | Would | |
| They | Would | |
| We | Would | Should |
| Benda jama (plural noun ) – Upin and Ipin – StudentS – Mice | Would |
3. Contoh Kalimat
| No | Contoh Kalimat Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense |
| 1 | If his Visa had been approved, he would have been working abroad for a week. (Jika visa dia telah disetujui, dia akan telah bekerja selama seminggu.) Fact: but his Visa wasn’t approved (tapi Visa-nya tidak disetujui) |
| 2 | If we had set the tanks in a proper way, the water would have been flowing out of tank X into tank Y at a constant rate. (Jika kita telah mengatur tank-tank tersebut dengan cara yan benar, air akan telah mengalir dari tangki X ke dalam tangki Y dengan laju konstan.) Fact: but we didn’t set them in a proper way |
| 3 | Nisa and her family would have been living at their new house if its construction had finished. (Nisa dan keluarganya akan telah menempati rumah baru mereka jika konstruksinya sudah selesai.) Fact: but its construction didn’t finish (tapi konstruksinya tidak selesai) |