The Past Future Continuous Tense

14. The Past Future Continuous Tense

        Di dalam The Past Future Continuous Tense terdapat kata past (= lampau), future (=masa mendatang), dan continuous (sedang/lagi). Hal ini dimaksudkan bukan untuk membingungkan Anda terhadap fungsi atau penggunaannya nanti. Dari kata-kata tersebut tenses ini untuk menyatakan peristiwa yang nanti sedang berlangsung dan waktu kejadiannya di masa lampau. Berbeda dengan rekannya The Future Continuous Tense yang situasinya tengah berlangsung di masa depan (lihat penjelasan No. 10), pada The Past Future Continuous Tense situasinya akan tengah berlangsung di masa lalu.

         Formasi kalimat tenses ini tersusun atas subyek diikuti kata kerja bantu would atau should, be, dan kata kerja (present participle) plus ing. Bentuk kalimat negatifnya dengan menambahkan kata not setelah kata kerja bantu (would not = wouldn't, should not = shouldn't) dan interogatifnya dengan menempatkan kata kerja bantu tersebut di depan subyek, seperti terlihat di bawah ini. 

Pola Kalimat dengan:

(+) S + would/should + be + V1 + ing + O/Adv. 

(-)  S + would/should + not + be + V1 + ing + O/Adv. 

(?) Would/Should + S + be + V1 + ing + O/Adv. 



Fungsi dan Contoh:  

i. The Past Future Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu tindakan atau peristiwa yang telah direncanakan akan dilakukan atau berlangsung di masa lalu.

• It was 9:30 a.m. The students were sitting in their classroom at that moment. They were listening to a tape. That time the next day they would be sitting in the cinema. They would be watching a film. On Saturday there was no class. So on Saturday they would not be sitting in the cinema. They would be doing other things. Bill would be playing tennis. Ann would be shopping. George would still be having breakfast.
• We should be going ti Dublin.
• I would be giving you the test for these materials.
• She would be living in a few days.

ii. menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang akan sedang berlangsung pada waktu lampau.

• I should be taking an examination on Saturday last month.
• You would be giving me lots of money in January last year.
• Umar would be playing the piano at one o'clock yesterday.
• My father would be working on Saturday last week.
• Gerry would be doing his job at 8:30 last week.
• McGyver would be chasing a bad guy on Friday a few days ago.

 

EXERCISES  

I. Choose A, B, C, D, or E as the best answer by crossing (X) it. (Pililah A,    B, C, D, atau E jawaban yang paling benar dengan memberi tanda silang.)    

1. It was bad weather here in Depok. I was playing with my daughter Dea at home. On Saturday yesterday I would be ……. with her too,        but I couldn't.        
A. play        B. plays         C. played         D. to play          E. playing    

2. It would ……… when we came back.        
A. is boiling               C. be boiling            E. boiled        
B. was boiling           D. boiling               

3. John would be dancing with me at the party at 8 o'clock ……… .
A. last night          C. tomorrow night            E. every day        
B. tonight              D. now           

4. Machoni …….. television before he went to bed.        
A. would be watching                C. be watching               E. watches        
B. would watching                     D. is watching           

5. Actually Miss Dessy …….. staying up again on Saturday last night, but she didn't do it.       
A. is      B. would be       C. was       D. will be        E. would    

6. Mr. Andreas would be …….. the students English at 8 o'clock that day.        
A. teacher           C. would be teach        E. be teaching          
B. teach               D. teaching            

7. We should ……. talking about her beahviour as soon as she arrived here.        
A. are      B. were       C. been       D. to be        E. be    

8. You'd be …… to me in March last year.        
A. write      B. writes       C. to write       D. writing        E. wrote    

9. She'd …….. rice for us until our parents came back yesterday.        
A. be cooking          C. cooking be            E. been cooking        
B. cooking                D. be cook          

10. When I watched America's Funniest Home Video, I …….. at it.         
A. 'd would be laughing     C. be would laughing      E. 'd laughing         
B. 'd be laughing                D. would laughing be          

11. The correct negative form of the sentence below is ……..         
A. I not would be joking with that problem because it was a very important matter.        
B. We should be not studying English at 3:30 last year.               
C. he wouldn't be speaking to her because she had hurt him so bad.               
D. You wouldn't not be doing the homework when they were there.                
E. She'dn't be laughing at you unless you were serious.   

12. Would they be eating the cakes if I had been out?         
A. Yes, they would.      C. No, they would.            E. No, we wouldn't.         
B. Yes, they'd.              D. Yes, they wouldn't.          

13. What would Anthony be doing at 10 o'clock five days ago?         
He ……. At 10 o'clock five days ago.         
A. would be             C. would be swimming       E. be would swimming         
B. 'd be doing         D. be swimming          

14. ……….. for me when I wanted to come? John would.         
A. Who is waiting                            D. Who would be waiting         
B. What would you be waiting        E. Where would you be waiting         
C. Who waiting                 

15. My father would be working on Sunday last week.         
A. Why would he be working on Sunday last week?              
B. What would he be doing on Sunday last week?               
C. Whyere would he be working on Sunday last week?               
D. Who would be working on Sunday last week?                
E. When would he be working?         


II. Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses into Past Future Continuous Tense.      

Example:     

We ….. (go) as soon as you were ready.      
We should be going as soon as you were ready.      

1. He …………………………. (sleep) when you got home.      

2. They …………………………. (walk) out of the room when the rain stopped.      

3.We …………………………. (run) before he counted ten.      

4. The house ………………………….  (stay) empty in February six months ago.      

5. I ……………… (help) her look for it until she found it.      

6. You …………………………. (work) in that office at 10:30 three years ago.      

7. Mr. Amin …………………………. (teach) Geography at 7 o'clock last year.      

8. She …………………………. (watch) TV at 9 o'clock last night.      

9. I ……………… (believe) it when I saw it.      

10. The culprits …………………………. (strike) back when they released from the jail.                
 

This is the end of The Past Future Continuous Tense tutorial. Good luck.