The Past Perfect, Passive Voice
S + (had)
+ been +
past participle
Singular
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Plural
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I
had been given
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We
had been given
|
You
had been given
|
You
had been given
|
He
had been given
|
|
She
had been given
|
They
had been given
|
| It had been given |
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This guitar had been
tuned before I broke
a string and had to tune it again.
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This house had been
painted pink before it was given a
fresh coat of paint. Now it's blue.
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These bees had been kept in a large hive before they were
taken out and examined by the beekeeper.
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This man had been
given novocaine before
the dentist started working on a cavity that needed a filling.
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The
past perfect passive is difficult to use. It's often
okay to simply use the past tense passive instead.
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