grammar · academic
have/has been + past participle
Present perfect passive: an action completed in the past with present relevance, in passive form.
Examples
“Several reports have been submitted to the committee.”
“Important changes have been made to the curriculum.”
“Much of the data has been collected over the last year.”
Band 8 sentence
“Several innovative policies have been introduced to tackle urban pollution in recent years.”
Collocations
- have/has been + V3 + (by + agent)
Common mistakes
The documents have been wrote.→The documents have been written.
Many changes has been made.→Many changes have been made.
Say it for a higher band
5use past simple passive (was/were + V3) instead→6wrong past form (have been + V2)→7+have/has been + past participle
Easily confused
past simple passive (was/were + V3)
“The report was published in 2018.”
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