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Present Perfect Passive
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Ide_Bere
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Present Perfect Passive
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Hello, I �ve got a
problem and I hope you can help me. I teach in a school where we have to use a
Blackboard. This blackboard "guides" us (teachers) to teach our
students. However I �ve found many mistakes or at least that �s what I think. This
is an example: The present perfect passive voice continuous is formed as follows:
Subject + have/has + being + participle
Example:
The students have being called to take the exam.
As far as I know
after the auxiliary have the verb must be in past participle since it �s a perfect
tense. Am I wrong? I think they got confused with the present continuous
passive.
I �d love to know what
you think I should do and specially if I �m mistaken.
thank you so much for
your help.
Bere
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25 Oct 2011
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douglas
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You are right!
The students have been called to take the exam. |
25 Oct 2011
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Zsuzsapszi
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As far as I know you can �t form passive in present perfect continuous, in past perfect continuous, in future perfect continuous and in future continuous.
That �s why you are right and Douglas wrote the correct answer.
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25 Oct 2011
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laurike
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I would say - have been called. It is a mistake, I think
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25 Oct 2011
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Ide_Bere
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Thank you so much for your help.  Bere |
25 Oct 2011
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yanogator
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Actually, in limited situations you can have a present perfect continuous passive.
Each day, a few students have been being called to the office at specific times.
It �s a very awkward construction, but it �s correct. The slight difference in meaning is that it shows an ongoing process, that will probably continue into the future, whereas "have been called" just takes us up to the present time.
Bruce |
25 Oct 2011
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isa2
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You are perfectly right. This rule is definitely wrong.
The Present Perfect SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS are formed like this:
e.g. I have been/ She has been driven to the airport. (HAVE/HAS BEEN + past participle)
e.g. I have been/ She has been being driven to the airport. (HAVE/HAS BEEN + BEING+ past participle)
Best regards
Isa
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25 Oct 2011
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