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That's the Present Perfect Continuous. For the passive you must have a past participle: has been taken.
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| Mon May 22, 2006 11:03 am Has been going |
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| Alan wrote: | | That's the Present Perfect Continuous. For the passive you must have a past participle: has been taken. |
Which of these is a passive sentence?
He will have been there -->passive future perfect
He's been there --> passive present/past simple
He's been taken there --> passive present perfect
The question ask me about a passive sentence, I think they are all passive sentence form. They are only different of tense. Do I think correct or not ?? |
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| Mon May 22, 2006 11:16 am Passive |
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Hi trimate,
The passive form is only really possible if the verb is a transitive verb - a verb that takes an object. The verb be is intransitive and can't therefore be used in the passive form. You have written:
| Quote: | He will have been there -->passive future perfect
He's been there --> passive present/past simple
He's been taken there --> passive present perfect |
The only passive form is in the third sentence He's been taken showing the present perfect passive of take
I've written some material on the passive for the site, which you might like to read:
http://www.english-test.net/lessons/3/index.html
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| Mon May 22, 2006 11:20 am Has been going |
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Hi trimate
You haven't named the tenses properly. Here are the correct tense names for your sentences:
1. He will have been there --> future perfect (of the verb 'be')
2. He's been there --> present perfect (of the verb 'be')
3. He's been taken there --> passive present perfect (of the verb 'take')
The only sentence that is passive is the third one.
To build the passive, you need a form of the verb "be" plus the "past participle" of the main verb.
Amy
EDIT: Sorry for the repetition. Alan answered while I was writing my answer.
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