The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

16. The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

        The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense tersusun atas kata kerja bantu would atau should setelah subyek, kemudian diikuti have, been, dan kata kerja pertama (present participle) diikuti -ing. Bentuk kalimat negatif dengan menambahkan not setelah kata kerja bantu (wouldn't / shouldn't) dan interogatifnya dengan menempatkan kata kerja bantu tersebut di depan subyek. 

   Tenses ini bisa dikatakan sebagai bentuk lampau dari The Future Perfect ContinuousTense. Dalam hal kata kerja bantu, The Future Perfect Continuous Tense menggunakan will atau shall (lihat penjelasan tentang The Future Perfect Continuous Tense) dan (ke)akan(an)nya murni di masa depan, sedangkan The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense menggunakan kata kerja bantu would atau should dan (ke)akan(an)nya berada di masa lampau.

        Dari uraian di atas kita dapat membuat kesimpulan bahwa kalimat The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense mengungkapkan kegiatan atau tindakan yang akan berlangsung terus-menerus, tapi akan berakhir di masa lampau; atau melambangkan kegiatan yang akan tengah berlangsung terus-menerus selama periode waktu yang akan berakhir di masa lampau.

Pola Kalimat dengan:  

(+) S + would/should + have + been + V1 + ing + O/Adv. 
(-)  S + would/should + not + have + been + V1 + ing + O/Adv. 
(?) Would/Should + S + have + been + V1 + ing + O/Adv.


Fungsi dan Contoh:  

i. The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan peristiwa yang sudah akan terjadi dan akan tetap berlangsung terus-menerus pada saat dibicarakan selama periode waktu yang akan berakhir di masa lampau.
 

• George had been at the university already for three years. He would take his degree examinations ten months from that time. When George got his degree, he would have been studying for three years.
• My grandfather would have been visiting her grandsons when I was in Hong Kong for business last month.
• It is January 7, 1996. On January 6 Devi would have been playing with her cousin Nia for two hours.
• By the end of December 1995 they would have been watching films while we were sleeping.

ii. menunjukkan tindakan yang akan berlangsung terus-menerus selama periode waktu yang akan berakhir dan telah sempurna sebelum tindakan / waktu tertentu di masa lampau.
 

• I would have been doing the test for half an hour by the time you met me.
• By the time the moon rose, the beautiful lady would have been changing into a dracula.
• Jojo wouldn't have been playing Karate when the coach didn't come back to the gym.
• The newscaster would have been reading news by 9 o'clock.

 

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. The driver had stopped so suddenly. The car behind would hit it. The accident ….. when the car behind hit it.         
A. would have happening                   D. would have be happening          
B. would been happening                   E. would have been happen          
C. would have been happening          

2. By the end of the first period the bell ….  . It was the sign of the second period of lesson would start.        
A. would have been ringing                  D. would been have ringing        
B. have would been ringing                  E. would been ringing         
C. have been would ringing           

3. It was raining at the moment. I would swim in the swimming pool. When the rain stopped, I... .  
A. swims       C. am swimming            E. would've been swimming         
B. swim         D. will be swimming           

4. My mother …. Him to have dinner by the time he came home.         
A. serves                                            E. have been would serving         
B. would have been serving             D. would serving have been         
 C. will serve           

5. KLA Project ……. Their new songs by the time I arrived at the concert.         
A. would have singing been             D. would have been singing                     
B. would been singing                      E. has been singing         
 C. have would been singing           

6. They'd …. at the university by the end of last December.         
A. have been studying                    E. been studying         
B. has been studying                      D. would've been studying         
 C. had been studying           

7. Would Semart Johnson have been justifying the high functionaries' action which people thought as corruption?         
A. Yes, he did.                 C. Yes, he has.            E. No, he wouldn't.         
B. Yes, he wouldn't.         D. No, he has not.           

8. The culprit would …. at his hiding place when the police searched him.         
A. hiding               C. 've been hiding           E. would have been hiding         
B. been hiding     D. have been hiding           

9. She ….. weaving her Sari after her husband bought her by yesterday.         
A. not would've been      C. wouldn't have been     E. wouldn't have be         
B. would haven't been    D. isn't          

10. The customer would …. All his money by the time the bank was bankrupt.           
A. not have been withdrawing          D. not have been withdraw                             
B. haven't been withdrawing             E. not have been           
C. not been withdrawing            

11. Pandawa Lima would've been returning to Astina when Kurawa destroyed the empire.          
A. Would Pandawa Lima have been returning to Astina when Kurawa destroyed the empire?      
B. Where would have Pandawa Lima been returning when Kurawa destroyed the empire?          
C. Who has been returning to Astina when Kurawa destroyed the empire?               
D. When Pandawa Lima have been returning to Astina?                
E. Where would Pandawa Lima have been returning to Astina when Kurawa destroyed the empire?    

12. Petruck Murphy would've been sailing by the end of last week.          
A. Who would've been sailing by the end of last week?              
B. When would he have been sailing?               
C. Where would he have been sailing by the end of last week?               
D. What would he been doing by the end of last week?                
E. Why would he have been sailing by the end of last week?    

13. The correct negative form of The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense below is ………… 
A. The students wouldn't have been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep.               
B. The students would haven't been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep.               
C. The students not would've been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep.                
D. The students haven't been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep.              
E. The students didn't would've been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep.    

14. The correct interrogative form of the sentence No. 13 above is …..           
A. Have the students would been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep?            
B. Would've the students been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep?                
C. Would the students have been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep?               
D. Would the students have been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep?                 
E. Have the students been copying the answers one another by the time their teacher fell asleep?    

15. The director would …. the new strategy of marketing for ten years by last year.           
A. 've been beginning              D. would've been beginning                                
B. has been beginning             E. been beginning           
 C. had been beginning                       


II. Change the sentences below into the Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense. Add your sentence with the expression given. You can use the expressions more than once. The expressions are as follows. (Rubahlah kalimat-kalimat di bawah ini menjadi The Past Perfect Continuous Tense. Tambahkan kalimat Anda dengan ungkapan yang diberikan. Anda dapat menggunakan ungkapan-ungkapan tersebut lebih dari satu kali. Ungkapan-ungkapannya sebagai berikut):

      by six o'clock two days ago            by August last year        by the time he smiled                      when there was a thunder        before they realized        as soon as mother finished doing the dishes     

Example:     

We discuss the new issue with the English native speaker.      
We would have been discussing the new issue with the English native speaker.      


1. Garenx Bradley slept soundly.           
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2. The car was moving slowly.          
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3. The children haven't watched the television.          
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4. She will talk to him about that matter.           
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5. Had you and I solved the difficult problems?          
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6. Mira was visiting her father in the village.         
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7. The man wouldn't have taken photographs.           
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8. Have Indonesia been making a close relationship with that country?          
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9. The employee would work very hard to run after the target.           
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10. A father and his son will be repairing their old car.             
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This is the end of The Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense tutorial. Good luck.