Bentuk
Dalam kalimat type 3 conditional, bentuk perfect dari present conditional dapat digunakan.
| Klausa if (kondisi) | Klausa utama (hasil/akibat) |
|---|---|
| If + past perfect | perfect continuous conditional |
| If this thing had happened | that thing would have been happening. |
Fungsi
Perfect continuous conditional dapat digunakan dalam kalimat type 3 conditional. Bentuk ini merujuk ke akibat dari tindakan yang belum terpenuhi dalam klausa if dan menyatakan akibatnya sebagai tindakan yang belum selesai atau masih berlanjut.
Contoh
- If the weather had been better (tetapi cuacanya tidak baik), I'd have been sitting in the garden when he arrived (tetapi saya tidak duduk).
- If she hadn't got a job in London (tetapi dia mendapatkan pekerjaan), she would have been working in Paris (tetapi dia tidak bekerja di Paris).
- If I had had a ball I would have been playing football.
- If I had known it was dangerous I wouldn't have been climbing that cliff.
Perfect continuous conditional tense
Perfect continuous conditional tense dari kata kerja apa pun terdiri dari empat unsur:
would + have + been + present participle
Present participle dibentuk dengan mengambil bentuk dasar dari kata kerja dan menambahkan akhiran -ing.
| Subjek | + would | + have | + been | + present participle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He | would | have | been | staying |
| They | would | have | been | going |
To Work: Perfect Continuous Conditional
| Positif | Negatif | Pertanyaan | Pertanyaan Negatif |
|---|---|---|---|
| I would have been living | I wouldn't have been living | Would I have been living? | Wouldn't I have been living? |
| You would have been living | You wouldn't have been living | Would you have been living? | Wouldn't you have been living? |
| He would have been living | He wouldn't have been living | Would he have been living? | Wouldn't he have been living? |
| She would have been living | She wouldn't have been living | Would she have been living? | Wouldn't she have been living? |
| We would have been living | We wouldn't have been living | Would we have been living? | Wouldn't we have been living? |
| They would have been living | They wouldn't have been living | Would they have been living? | Wouldn't they have been living? |