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THE PAST PERFECT PASSIVE
         The past perfect passive is used to refer to events
         that happened before another event in the past.








                                                                       PAST PERFECT PASSIVE
                   PAST PERFECT









         FURTHER EXAMPLES





























         HOW TO FORM

                           SUBJECT                 "HAD BEEN"               PAST PARTICIPLE






                  The thing that        “Had been” stays the     The main verb is expressed
              receives the action.     same with any subject.         as a past participle.

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