[Grammar] "we have been told"

[CamillusAugust]

Hello

I would like to ask what is it the time?

"we have been told almost day-in and day-out for the past 30 years, and, in that time, right wing governments have lowered Taxes all over the world."

Sometimes i meet with the form had been told. Is it passive voice? But there is "we"!

 

[5jj]

''We" is the grammatical subject of the verb "have been told". That verb is passive voice, present perfect tense (aspect). Incidentally there is no indication of what "we" have been told; the sentence is incomplete.

 

[Raymott]

Hello

I would like to ask what is it the time? The tense?

"we have been told almost day-in and day-out for the past 30 years, and, in that time, right wing governments have lowered Taxes all over the world."

Sometimes i meet with the form had been told. Is it passive voice? But there is "we"!

It's the passive voice of the present prefect tense.
"They have told us" - active
"We have been told [by them]" - passive.

"Had been told" is the passive voice of the past perfect.