Lesson ThirteenThe Past Perfect, Passive Voice S + had + been + past participle Singular | Plural |
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I had been given | We had been given |
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You had been given | You had been given |
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He had been given | |
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She had been given | They had been given |
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| It had been given | |
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This guitar had been tuned before I broke a string and had to tune it again. | | This house had been painted pink before it was given a fresh coat of paint. Now it’s blue. | | These bees had been kept in a large hive before they were taken out and examined by the beekeeper. |  | This man had been given novocaine before the dentist started working on a cavity that needed a filling. | |
The past perfect passive is difficult to use. It’s often okay to simply use the past tense passive instead. |
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Next: Lesson Fourteen infinitives in the passive voice | 
