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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

was done VS has been done

I know that it was probably asked many times, but every time I try to look up some info about it I only get more confused.

Today in my English class we had Passive Voice. It's nothing new to us, it was just a quick review. We had a sentence "All of the food was eaten at the party".

Okay, now, why is it past simple? I thought we use past simple only when the time is said in the sentence. Why is it not "All of the food has been eaten at the party."?

Another example: "The homework has been done" vs "The homework was done". What's the difference? Sometimes I can't decide which tense I should use, please help me. Thank you
  

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Anonymous Okay, now, why is it past simple? It has the past simple form of be ( were ) followed by the past participle of the main verb ( eaten ). That pattern makes it the simple past of the passive voice.

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  • Anonymous Okay, now, why is it past simple?
  • It has the past simple form of be ( were ) followed by the past participle of the main verb ( eaten ).
  • That pattern makes it the simple past of the passive voice.
  • Anonymous I thought we use past simple only when the time is said in the sentence.
  • No.
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AnonymousOkay, now, why is it past simple?
It has the past simple form of be (were) followed by the past participle of the main verb (eaten). That pattern makes it the simple past of the passive voice.
AnonymousI thought we use past simple only when the time is said in the sentence.
No. We use the p
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