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Persian Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Passive voice. Need help

Hi.
What is the passive voice of this sentence?

"They had given us visas for three months."

My answer: We had been given visas for three months (by them).

Am i right?

I've found the sentence from this link.It shows the answer as:

"They had been given visas for three months."

I'm confused for this particularly sentence and need immediate help with it!

Thanks guys.
  

Top answer

Persian Learner We had been given visas for three months (by them). That would be the corresponding passive of They had given us visas for three months . The passive that the site gives is just meant to be an example of the passive voice used with the past perfect.

— RandomGuy

  • Persian Learner We had been given visas for three months (by them).
  • That would be the corresponding passive of They had given us visas for three months .
  • The passive that the site gives is just meant to be an example of the passive voice used with the past perfect.
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Persian LearnerWe had been given visas for three months (by them).
That would be the corresponding passive of They had given us visas for three months. The passive that the site gives is just meant to be an example of the passive voice used with the past perfect.
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Persian Learner"They had given us visas for three months."My answer: We had been given visas for three months (by them).Am I right?
Yes.
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Persian LearnerThey had given us visas for three months.
Ditransitive verbs like give have two passives. In one, the direct object becomes a subject; in the other, the indirect object becomes a subject.

Visas had been given to us for three months (by them).
We had been given visas for three months (by them).

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Thanks indeed dear 'CalifJim'. Your great reply has helped me a lot.Emotion: love

What about this
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Persian LearnerAnswer: The door has been left open by me.Am I right?
Yes, but it is not very natural.
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Thanks dear 'AlpheccaStars'

And another thanks for your notice about Capital 'I'. I have just noticed to it and didn't know before about this rule that we must write 'I' in capital in middle of the sentence.




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