He's been taken there

[clara]

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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why is "He's been going there "wrong?

[Alan]

That's the Present Perfect Continuous. For the passive you must have a past participle: has been taken.
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[Alan]

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:

[Yankee]

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.