Rangkuman Materi Past Future Continuous Tense

Past future continuous merupakan bentuk lampau dari present future continuous. Aturan waktu ini digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu peristiwa atau perbuatan yang akan sedang berlangsung di waktu tertentu di masa lampau. Sama seperti jenis tense yang lainnya, past future continuous juga memiliki dua bentuk predikat utama, yaitu predikat berbentuk kata kerja (verbal form) dan predikat berbentuk bukan kata kerja atau predikat komplementer (nonverbal from). Perhatikan penjelasan di bawah ini tentang past future continuous!

VERBAL FORM (Menggunakan predikat kata kerja)

Bentuk predikat berkata kerja dari past future continuous terdiri dari tiga: bentuk positif (positive/declarative), bentuk negatif (negative/declarative), dan bentuk tanya (interrogative).

Positive

Bentuk positif dari past future continuous menggunakan kata kerja bantu past modal (would) + be + continuous verb (verb -ing) 

Negative

Bentuk negatif dari past future continuous  yaitu dengan menggunakan NOT atau NEVER setelah would baru ditambahkan be + continuous verb (verb -ing) 

Keterangan waktu yang lazim digunakan adalah: in June last year (bulan Juni tahun lalu), at seven o’clock two days ago (pukul tujuh dua hari yang lalu), at night last Saturday (tengah malam Sabtu lalu), at six o’clock yesterday (pukul enam kemarin), etc

Contoh:

Positive

1. That pediatrician would be caring my daughter for his minor illness at five o’clock two days ago

   (Dokter anak tersebut akan sedang merawat anak perempuanku untuk sakit ringannya pukul 5 dua hari yang lalu)

2. Jessica would be playing badminton with Xi Lieu Yuen from China in weekly training session at noon yesterday.

   (Jessica akan sedang bermain badminton dengan Xi Lieu Yuen dari Cina dalam sesi latihan mingguan kemarin siang)

3. At six o’clock yesterday, the musician would be compiling the songs that he had composed in two last years.

   (Pada pukul enam kemarin, si musisi tersebut akan sedang menyusun lagu-lagu yang ia ciptakan dalam dua tahun terakhir.)

4. Fahrul would be joining a Summer camp with his American friends on the slope of Mount Blanc at ten a week ago.

   (Fahrul akan sedang mengikuti kemping musim panas dengan teman-teman Amerikanya di lereng Gunung Blanc jam sepuluh seminggu yang lalu)

Negative

1. Daud, a pro-government politician, would not be debating with her political opposites yesterday at 7 PM in a political talkshow.

   (Tuan Daud, seorang politisi pro pemerintah, tidak akan sedang berdebat dengan lawan-lawan politiknya di acara bincang-bincang politik.)

2. The microbiology researcher wouldn’t be criticizing the policy of importing vaccine from China to overcome the spread of Covid 19

   (Peneliti mikrobiologi tersebut tidak akan sedang mengkritik kebijakan mengimpor vaksin dari Cina untuk mengatasi penyebaran Covid 19)

3. That merchant would not be chartering a vacant shop in this shopping centre at noon two days ago.

   (Pedagang tersebut tidak akan sedang mencarter sebuah toko kosong di pusat perbeanjaan ini siang hari dua hari kemarin)

4. The pirrates would not be hijacking an oil ship voyaging around the Benggala Gulf yesterday at three o’clock

   (Para bajak laut tersebut tidak akan sedang membajak sebuah kapal minyak yang berlayar di sekitar Teluk Benggala kemarin pukul tiga)

Interrogative

Sama seperti jenis tense yang lain, jenis pertanyaan dalam past future continuous juga dibagi dua: auxiliary atau yes/no-question dan informative/W/H-question. Perhatikan pola di bawah ini!

Auxiliary or Yes/No-Question (Apakah….akan …)

W/H or Informative Question

Catatan:

• Yes/No-Question = Pertanyaan yang diawali dengan would dan menghendaki jawaban yes or no
• W/H–Question =Pertanyaan informatif yang diawali dengan what/when/where /who/why/how

Contoh:

Auxiliary atau yes/no-question

1. Would those kids be gathering used cans around the city park to make several good handicrafts?

   (Apakah anak-anak tersebut akan sedang mengumpulkan kaleng-kaleng bekas untuk membuat sejumlah kerajinan-kerajinan tangan yang bagus?)

2. Would the princess be dancing with a handsome young man coming to a kingdom castle yesterday at noon?

   (Apakah si putri akan sedang berdansa dengan seorang pria tampan yang datang ke istana kerajaan kemarin siang?)

3. Would those Australians be taking an exchange students program with the students of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia?

   (Apakah orang Australia tersebut akan sedang mengikuti program pertukaran pelajar dengan siswa-siswa dari NTT, Indonesia?)

 Yes/No atau informative question

1. When would the soldiers would be rubbing their body’s skin with tropical mud to protect it from insects’ bit?

   (Kapan para tentara tersebut akan sedang menggosok tubuhnya dengan lumpur tropis untuk melindunginya dari gigitan serangga?)

2. Where would those entrepreneurs be getting the training of producing those medical herbs last day at three o’clock?

   (Di mana para usahawan tersebut sedang mendapatkan pelatihan membuat obat-obatan herbal kemarin pukul 3?)

3. How many trick of English grammar learning would that English teacher be showing to the English learners in this class?

   (Berapa banyak trik belajar tata bahasa Inggris yang si guru bahasa Inggris tersebut sedang tunjukan ke para pembelajar bahasa Inggris di kelas ini?)

NON-VERBAL FORM

Bentuk non-verbal selalu menggunakan komplemen yang terdiri dari kata sifat (adjective), kata benda (noun), dan keterangan tempat (adverb of place)

Contoh:

1. Agustian, my cousin, would be being an ironman character in a theatre show in a hall yesterday night at 8 of a clock (Noun phrase)

   (Agustian, sepupuku, akan sedang menjadi karakter seorang manusia besi dalam sebuah pertunjukan teatrikal kemarin malam pukul 8)

2. That security staff would be being very helpful to every people crossing that road if he were not being too busy. (Adjective phrase)

   (Pihak keamanan tersebut akan menjadi sangat penolong ke setiap orang yang melewati jalan tersebut jika ia sedang tidak terlalu sibuk.)

3. Some of kindergaarten puppils would be being in that amusement park to see and enjoy all kinds of game or great attraction. (Adverb of place)

   (Beberapa anak TK tersebut akan sedang berada di taman hiburan tersebut untuk melihat dan menikmati berbagai jenis permainan dan atraksi hebat)

Contoh Soal Past Future Continuous Tense Jawaban & Pembahasannya

Andara and some teens________ a famous hill in this city to make gravity and carving art two days ago at six o’clock.

1. Will be climbing
2. Climbed
3. Had climbed
4. Would have climbed
5. Would be climbing

Jawaban A

Four days ago at 7 o’clock, many national basketball athletes ___________ on this track to train their speed and body strength.

1. Would run
2. Would be running
3. Will be running
4. Had run
5. Run

Jawaban B

Talita and a young engineer ________ their repairing a broken agricultural machine in January last year because some villagers needed it to  cultivate their farmland.

1. Accomplished
2. Will accomplish
3. Had accomplished
4. Would be accomplishing
5. Would have accomplished

Jawaban D

In March last year, The rescue team and some firefighters _________ the mining channel because inside of it, there were still thirty trapped miners.

1. Would have unblocked
2. Will have been unblocking
3. Would be unblocking
4. Was unblocked
5. Would unblock 

Jawaban E

 Which sentence is grammatically correct?

1. How those boys would be playing “hide and seek” game?
2. In April last year, my wife would be so busy to take holiday in Taiwan
3. Sarifah wouldn’t be being thirsty although she was walking in a very long trip
4. Would this man analyzing the fluctuative scale of international trading in his computer?
5. Yesterday at 7 AM, they would be questioned by a police because of this accident

• Opsi A: How would those boys be playing “hide and seek” game?
• Opsi B: In April last year, my wife would be being so busy to take holiday in Taiwan
• Opsi D: Would this man be analyzing the fluctuative scale of international trading in his computer?
• Opsi E: Yesterday at 7 AM, they would be being questioned by a police because of this accident.

Jawaban C