Has / was / had?

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Situation: The contract signed yesterday

He was signed the contract (Is it a tense? I only know "He was signing the contract at 10:00am" should be pass continuous no idea if any tense was/were + past tense / past participle)
He has signed the contract (Seem not like present prefect)
He had signed the contract (And not like past prefect, for my understanding, past prefect should not a single sentence, it should a several action of past, such as: He was came to my office and he had signed the employment contract)

GPY · Accepted Answer

"He was signed the contract" is ungrammatical. "The contract was signed (by him)" is grammatical (passive).

"He has signed the contract" is present perfect. It would be normal and natural in the situation you describe.

"He had signed the contract" is past perfect. It is a valid sentence by itself. The later action does not have to be described in the same sentence (though of course it can be). All that matters is that the later action is explained somewhere or is inferred from the general context.

"He was came to my office" is ungrammatical. "He came to my office after he had signed the employment contract" is OK.

Jeffery216 · Answer

GPY"He was signed the contract" is ungrammatical. "The contract was signed (by him)" is grammatical (passive)."He has signed the contract" is present perfect. It would be normal and natural in the situation you describe."He had signed the contract" is past perfect. It is a valid sentence by itself. The later action does not have to be described in the same sentence (though of course it can be). All that matters is that the later action is explained somewhere or is inferred from the general context."He was came to my office" is ungrammatical. "He came to my office after he had signed the employment contract" is OK.

Orz...I am still confusing in these few tense......

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