Grammar reference and practice 10.2

 

10.2 ■ Present perfect passive

present perfect of be + past participle

Affirmative
A petition has been signed.
Comments have been posted.
Negative
The mine hasn't been closed.
The clothes haven't been worn.
Questions and short answers
Has the tag been removed?	Yes, it has. No, it hasn't.
Have the coats been hung up?	Yes, they have. No, they haven't.

1Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect passive form of the verbs in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

• 1The pesticides  (ban), but people still use them.

• 2The process  (explain) to everyone, but not everyone understood.

• 3The streets  (clean). There isn't any litter.

• 4The money  (not find). The police are still looking for it.

• 5Our team  (not award) a gold medal. We came second.

• 6 a complaint  (make) about the noise?

2Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect passive form of the verbs in the box. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

MOVE
• tell
• not close
• not find
• make
• sell

• 1The car is British, but the engines  in Germany for the last few years.

• 2Her school  yet, but most of the students are already at different schools.

• 3 you  about Marie? She's going to be on TV!

• 4This Italian brand of trainers  in the UK since the 1990s. It's popular with British students.

• 5The man went missing last night, and he still .