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HOW TO FORM
FURTHER EXAMPLES
SUBJECT "HAD BEEN" PAST PARTICIPLE
PAST PERFEC T PASSIVEPAST PERFEC TThe past perfect passive is used to refer to events
that happened before another event in the past.THE PAST PERFECT PASSIVE
The main verb is expressed
as a past participle.The thing that
receives the action.“Had been” stays the
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