Item 4
The infinite verb ‘been’ is only used as a part of
the verb. You don’t see it used in other
ways. So it is only used in the Perfect
Tenses and Perfect Continuous Tenses in the
Active Voice and Passive Voice.
Perfect Tenses
Present
Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect
Active i) Verb-to-be
Voice have/has
been had been will have been
ii)
Ordinary Verb
have/has
F4 had F4 will have F4
Passive have
been F4 had been F4 will have been F4
Voice
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Gina has told (us)( a humorous story).
a)
We have been told ( a humorous story) by
Gina.
b) A humorous story has been told to us by
Gina.
This sentence has 2 objects: direct object (a
humorous story) and indirect object (us). So,
we can express the sentence in two ways.
However, if a Direct object is used as the subject of
the sentence, you need to use a suitable preposition to connect Direct object.
Perfect Continuous Tenses
There is no Passive Voice in Perfect Continuous
Tenses.
Present Perfect
Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous
have/has
been F2 had been F2 will have been F2
He has been waiting here to meet the principal since
2 pm. Where is our principal?
(He has been waiting here to meet the principal for
two hours.)
If he waits for another half an hour, he will have
been waiting here for 2 and a half hours.
What a long wait it is!
Jack had been playing games with his friends before
they went for a swim in a stream.
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