Identify the tense in the following verb phrases " had been arrested"
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The verbal phrase " had been arrested" is a PAST PERFECT TENSE in PASSIVE FORM.
- We use past perfect tense to refer to a distant past. It denotes two past expressions in a sentence.
- Tenses can have both active and passive forms.
- The rule for past perfect tense in active voice is - "had + past participle form of the verb."
- The rule for past perfect tense in passive is -"had been + past participle form of the verb."
- Here the given verbal phrase is in past perfect tense formed in the passive voice.
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The tense in the phrase is past perfect tense.
- A past perfect tense recognizes the situation or action which has already happened and is a thing of the past.
- In past perfect tense, the verbs generally end with a d or ed.
- For example = Tom visited Thailand a year ago, It rained yesterday.
- In the phrase - had been arrested is given, which means the person is already arrested, thus it is past perfect tense.
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