The living room window was/got broken by the burglar.

[Vladv1]

The living room window was broken/got broken by the burglar. Can got broken be used in the examples if the agent (by the burglar) is mentioned? Can get be used instead of be in the passive voice only in past simple? Is it possible in other tenses.Eg. My car has been damaged/My car has got damaged. The examples are mine.

 

[5jj]

The living room window was broken/got broken by the burglar. Can got broken be used in the examples if the agent (by the burglar) is mentioned?

Yes.

Can get be used instead of be in the passive voice only in past simple?

No.

Is it possible in other tenses.

Yes.

 

[Vladv1]

Thanks. Do my examples "My flat has just got broken" or "Look, his flat is getting broken in" sound ok grammatically?

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks. Do my examples "My flat has just got broken into" or "Look, his flat is getting broken into" sound ok OK/okay grammatically?

Note my corrections above. The phrase is "to break into". We use "break-in" as a noun.

I'm not keen on "got" in the first example.
My flat has just been broken into.

The second is OK as long as you're witnessing the break-in at the time of speaking.

 

[Vladv1]

Note my corrections above. The phrase is "to break into". We use "break-in" as a noun.

I'm not keen on "got" in the first example.
My flat has just been broken into.

The second is OK as long as you're witnessing the break-in at the time of speaking.

Could you please coment on with which tenses it is better to used be than get in the passive. So with present perfect it is better to use be (My flat has just been broken into)?

 

[emsr2d2]

Could you please comment on with which tenses it is better to used use "be" than "get" in the passive.

No. This is the kind of the thing native speakers just don't think about. I don't have a list in my head. I recommend you read lots of good quality English writing. Over time, you'll absorb what's used and what's not.

So With the present perfect, it is is it better to use be ("My flat has just been broken into")?

In that specific sentence, I prefer "has just been" to "has just got".

 

[jutfrank]

Why do you think this has anything to do with tenses?

 

[Vladv1]

Why do you think this has anything to do with tenses

I made this conclusion based on the advice to say "My falt has just been broken into' not "has just got broken into.

 

[5jj]

"My falt flat has just been broken into' not "has just got broken into.

These are both present perfect passive.

 

[jutfrank]

I made this conclusion based on the advice to say "My falt has just been broken into' not "has just got broken into.

I see. No, the preference of 'be' over 'get' doesn't have anything to do with tenses.

 

[Vladv1]

I see. No, the preference of 'be' over 'get' doesn't have anything to do with tenses.

So any passive tense can be used either with be or get?

 

[emsr2d2]

So can any passive tense can be used either with "be" or "get"?

Remember to use the correct word order for a question.
The passive isn't a tense. It's a voice.
Always mark out words you're asking us to look at in some way. I've put them in quotation marks above.

 

[jutfrank]

So any passive tense can be used either with be or get?

Yes.