PAST PERFECT (ACTIVE vs. PASSIVE)

Welcome to our last lesson of the week, everyone! We have looked at four different lessons about the Past Perfect. Today, we look at the PASSIVE PAST PERFECT.

The passive form of the Past Perfect follows this form:

had been past participle

Example 1: The dryer had been repaired twice before it finally broke.

The repairs, in example 1, came before the breaking. Notice that we are not interested in who repaired the dryer, so we use the passive.

Example 2: She had been told that swimming with sharks was dangerous, but she still went. 

Example 3: We had been advised to arrive at the airport three hours early because of weather delays. 

That's it for the week about the Past Perfect. I hope you learned some new things about this tense!

Have a wonderful weekend. We will see you on Monday when we begin a week of practice with Cambridge FCE Reading and Use of English Part 3.