Is this in a passive voice?

Question

can anyone help me with this? this is from manhattan gmat. there is a error in the sentence and it should be rewritten.

Question was:
We are walking all over the countrysidesince last weekend

Rewritten as:
We have been walking all over the countryside since last weekend.

My question is...Is this now rewritten as passive voice?

IndianJaguar · Answer

Yes, have been walking is in passive voice.
Soomodh

Neochronic · Answer

this not a passive voice.
Just that the tense of the sentence of the changed to present perfect continuous.

for a sentence to be passive, the subject has some action done to it by the obect.
but here, the subject clearly does the action and clearly object doesnt come into picture.

Please correct me if wrong.

solaris1 · Answer

You're right. The correct version of that sentence uses the present perfect progressive. The problem with the original version is that "...are walking" and "...since last week" don't go together.

The sentence has nothing to do with the passive voice.

jimmyjamesdonkey · Answer

Then why not use, "We Have Walked" instead of "Have Been Walking"...I guess I don't understand where the "Been" comes from. Past Progressive is Have + Past Participle, so how does the been get added?

jimmyjamesdonkey · Answer

Anyone? Is "have" the present perfect of "are"?

solaris1 · Answer

You are right about the form of the past progressive. However think about what the sentence is trying to say:

"We have walked all over the countryside since last weekend"

or

"We have been walking all over the countryside since last weekend"

I believe the original sentence is trying to convey the latter, therefore the usage of the present perfect continuous is more appropriate.

GMAT TIGER · Answer

thats not in passive mood rather in present perfert tense.

jimmyjamesdonkey · Answer

So what is "Been"? Is that the present perfect of "Are"?

solaris1 · Answer

Yes, sort of.

The "been" makes the tense present perfect continuous (or present perfect progressive) which signifies that the action described is still going on.

jimmyjamesdonkey · Answer

Hmm...I thought the -ing ending makes it continuous?

solaris1 · Answer

Yes, but you can't use the -ing ending in the present perfect without adding "been" can you?

"We are walking" is fine and in present continuous. But "We have walking" is clearly wrong. "We have been walking" however does make sense.

Is this in a passive voice?

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