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He's been taken there #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 24, 2004 14:54 pm   He's been taken there
 

Test No. incompl/elem-13 "Grammar Questions", question 2

Which of these is a passive sentence? It is ..........

(a) He's been there
(b) He's been taken there
(c) He's been going there
(d) He will have been there

Test No. incompl/elem-13 "Grammar Questions", answer 2

Which of these is a passive sentence? It is He's been taken there.

Correct answer: (b) He's been taken there

Your answer was: incorrect
Which of these is a passive sentence? It is He's been going there.
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Has been going #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 24, 2004 15:17 pm   Has been going
 

That's the Present Perfect Continuous. For the passive you must have a past participle: has been taken.
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Passive #3 (permalink) Mon May 22, 2006 10:16 am   Passive
 

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:

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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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Has been going #4 (permalink) Mon May 22, 2006 10:20 am   Has been going
 

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.

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EDIT: Sorry for the repetition. Alan answered while I was writing my answer.
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