Past Perfect Tense (Passive Voice - Past Perfect Tense)

Past Perfect Tense

Passive Voice - Past Perfect Tense 

Forming Past Perfect Passive

Affirmative Form :      Object + had + been + verb3 (past participle)

Question Form       : Had + object + been + verb3 (past participle) ?

Something had been done by someone before sometime in the past.

 Example :  

Active : The brave men had defended the city.

Passive: The city had been defended by the brave men.

Active : The little girl had broken the window.

Passive: The window had been broken by the little girl.

Active : Had Dorothy solved the problems?

Passive: Had the problems been solved by Dorothy.

Active : Those prisoners had robbed five banks.

Passive: Five banks had been robbed by those prisoners.

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Change These Sentences into Passive Voice

1. I had worn blue shoes.

Answer : blue shoes had been worn.

2. Joe had cleaned the tables.

Answer : the tables had been cleaned by Joe.

3. We had lost the key.

Answer : the key had been lost.

    4. They had started a fight. 

Answer : a fight had been started.

5. I had been reading an article.

 Answer : an article had been being read.