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goodeveining everyone.!

I've a question about past perfect / present passive tense .!

# Me and my brother. ..............to go to our college .
A. Are woken up
B. Have woken up

I think it's correct to say " we have woken up " - past perfect tense -
or " we are woken up .... " - present passive tense -
we should know in which tense the sentnce is in, there must be a word to tell us, right ?

LouiST · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Anonymous# Me and my brother. ..............to go to our college .A. Are woken upB. Have woken up

1. 'have woken up' is not past perfect. It's present perfect. (Same: I've been to New York four times.) Past perfect would be: I had been to New York four times. / I had woken up)

2. If there is no context given, 'are woken up' is wrong. It would be: 'are being woken up'. (Present continuous passive)

3. There is a difference in meaning between A. and B.
Me and my brother have woken up to go to our college. (You have already woken up. Somehow it refers to the present. For example: Me and my brother have just woken up.)
Me and my brother are being woken up to go to college. (You are in the middle of waking up. But here it's passive. -> You are being woken up by something/somebody.)
Me and my brother are woken up to go to college. (This would be like an everyday activity.)

AnonymousI think it's correct to say " we have woken up " - past present perfect tense -or " we are being woken up .... " - present continuous passive tense -we should know in which tense the sentnce is in, there must be a word to tell us, right ?

Well, if you have to choose between those, I would take 'have woken up', because 'are woken up' doesn't fit here, expect it is like a habit.
But here, you are right, it also could be a habit. Like 'We are always woken up to go to college'.
So yes, both can be correct.

LS

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