Passive voice · CEFR B2 · Confident
Perfect passive — English passive voice
A perfect tense in the passive. Every one of them needs "been" between the have and the third form.
The shape
has / have / had been + third form
Say something has already been done.
In Hindi
perfect काल का passive रूप। इन सबमें have और तीसरे रूप के बीच "been" ज़रूरी है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
The report has completed. | The report has been completed. The report did not complete anything — it needs "been" to become passive. |
Learn these first
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
- Active vs PassiveB2Talk about what was done without saying who did it
- Present PerfectB1Talk about experience and about what has changed
Questions people ask
- What is the perfect passive used for?
- A perfect tense in the passive. Every one of them needs "been" between the have and the third form. In practice: say something has already been done.
- How do you form the perfect passive?
- has / have / had been + third form.
- What is the most common mistake with the perfect passive?
- Saying “The report has completed.” instead of “The report has been completed.”. The report did not complete anything — it needs "been" to become passive.
Where perfect passive fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Perfect passive is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to passive voice. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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