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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Be + past participle

hello, what tense is be + past participle? is this an alternative to present perfect? sometimes I encounter be + past participle. A example "This book is based on....". From what I know, tenses that use 'be' are the continuous tense (past, present, perfect) as in be + continuous form of the verb. Be + past participle, is the timeline the same with the present perfect? have is replaced by be?
  

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Forms of the verb be + past participle comprise the passive voice. The tense depends on the tense of "be" in the sentence. " He has been followed by the police for two weeks.

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  • Forms of the verb be + past participle comprise the passive voice.
  • The tense depends on the tense of "be" in the sentence.
  • " He has been followed by the police for two weeks.
  • (present perfect in the passive voice) He had been followed by the police for a month before he was captured.
  • (past perfect in the passive voice) He is followed on Twitter by his fans.
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Forms of the verb be + past participle comprise the passive voice. The tense depends on the tense of "be" in the sentence.

When the perfect tenses are used, the verb is still passive is the past participle follows a form of "be."

He has been followed by the police for two weeks. (present perfect in the passive voice)
He had been followed by the police for a month before he wa
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I committed an error in my previous response. The tense depends on the first word in the verb phrase, which could be a form of "be," but it could be a form of "have" or it could even be a modal auxiliary verb before "have."

My apologies.
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Anonymouswhat tense is be + past participle?
It's not a tense. It can be two things.
1) It's a construction called passive voice. You may want to Google "passive voice" or use the search box on our site here.
Active voice: John saw Lucy. Passive voice: Lucy was seen by John.
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2) It's the linking verb be with a past p
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