What phrase is have been told?
“I was told” implies that you were instructed specifically about the current situation, whereas “I have been told” suggests that you recall, some time in the past, being given the information, generally in a context not directly connected to the current situation.
How do you say I have been told?
“I have been told to contact you.” is the most formal way to say this with such simplicity. “I was told to contact you.” is less formal, but perfectly fine in almost all situations.
Which is correct is been or has been?
“Has been” and “have been” are both in the present perfect tense. “Has been” is used in the third-person singular and “have been” is used for first- and second-person singular and all plural uses.
Have been told is which tense?
It’s the passive voice of the present prefect tense. “We have been told [by them]” – passive. “Had been told” is the passive voice of the past perfect.
Was ask or was asked?
“Unfortunately the owner was asking more than they were willing to pay.” is correct. If you substituted “asked” for “was asking,” the sentence would be grammatical but awkward-sounding, in this context. “Was asking” is the verb you’d expect to find here.
How is the word’i have been told’used?
“I have been told…”. Yesterday, I was told that I look looked like my father. The first indicates that I was told once. The second indicates that perhaps I have been told more than once. In British English, the present perfect is generally used often like the simple past. Or: She’s hit me!
What does the past perfect had been told mean?
However, the past perfect had been told usually signifies something that has happened (and completed) in the more distant past than the simple past was told So Originally, I had been toldthe house was brown, but then I was toldit is actually yellow. means you were first told the house was brown, and then later told it was yellow.
What’s the difference between I was told and the present perfect?
The present perfect is unlikely there. “I was told…” The basic difference is that the time of the action is in the past, referring to a period of time that is now over. Remember: simple past and how it differs from present perfect?
What does ” I was told I looked like my father ” mean?
Yesterday, I was told that I look looked like my father. The first indicates that I was told once. The second indicates that perhaps I have been told more than once. In British English, the present perfect is generally used often like the simple past. She hit me! Or: She’s hit me! “I was told…”