passive voice

[misscarlas]

This message had been deleted by my father.
This is passive, right?
This message had been deleted.
And what tense is this?
Thank you.

[Barb_D]

It's still passive. One of the reasons to use the passive is when you don't know who performed the action or you want to avoid saying who did it.

[not a teacher]

[misscarlas]

Thank you for the explanation, so mean I can write or say
The meeting had been canceled, and I don't know why.
The class has been dismissed; therefore, I am at home now.
The shirt had been washed, when I got here.

[Barb_D]

Yes, in terms of the passive.

The meeting had been cancelled is in the past perfect, so I expect to hear about a subsequent action. When we go there, we found that the meeting had been cancelled, so we all went home.

Also, omit the comma in your last example.

[still not a teacher]

[BobK]

In the first example the verb was both passive and in the past perfect. 'Passive' isn't a tense.

b

[misscarlas]

I thought past perfect is had + past participle.
I had studied English before I moved to U.S.
I had lived in Utah for seven years.
If
The had been canceled is past perfect, why been in that sentence.
I'm confused. Thank you.

[riverkid]

I thought past perfect is had + past participle.
I had studied English before I moved to U.S.
I had lived in Utah for seven years.
If
The had been canceled is past perfect, why been in that sentence.
I'm confused. Thank you.

Good day to you, Miss Carlas.

In English the passive is formed by using,

S+ [the appropriate form of the 'be' verb] + the past participle.

A. Someone had canceled the meeting.

A. The meeting had been canceled, and I don't know why.

The appropriate form of the 'be' verb is 'been' because that is what the past perfect would use.

B. Someone has dismissed the class.

B. The class has been dismissed; therefore, I am at home now.

C. Someone dismissed the class.

C. {What do you think?}

D. Someone is dismissing the class.

D. {What do you think?}

E. Someone dismisses the class everyday at 3:30 PM.

E. {What do you think?}

[misscarlas]

Good day to you, Miss Carlas.

In English the passive is formed by using,

S+ [the appropriate form of the 'be' verb] + the past participle.

A. Someone had canceled the meeting.

A. The meeting had been canceled, and I don't know why.

The appropriate form of the 'be' verb is 'been' because that is what the past perfect would use.

B. Someone has dismissed the class.

B. The class has been dismissed; therefore, I am at home now.

C. Someone dismissed the class.

C. {What do you think?}

D. Someone is dismissing the class.

D. {What do you think?}

E. Someone dismisses the class everyday at 3:30 PM.

E. {What do you think?}

C. Simple past.
D. simple present.
E. simple present.

[misscarlas]

c. simple past
D. simple present tense
E. simple present tense

[riverkid]

c. simple past
D. simple present tense
E. simple present tense

Sorry I wasn't clearer, Miss Carlas, but I intended that you try to write in the passive form for the active examples, C, D, & E.

A. The meeting had been canceled, and I don't know why.

The appropriate form of the 'be' verb is 'been' because that is what the past perfect would use.

B. Someone has dismissed the class.

B. The class has been dismissed; therefore, I am at home now.

C. Someone dismissed the class.

C.

D. Someone is dismissing the class.

D.

E. Someone dismisses the class everyday at 3:30 PM.

E.