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They asked the manager to explain why the project ( ) on time.
1 had not been completed
2 had not completed
They asked the manager to explain why the project ( ) on time.
1 had not been completed
2 had not completed
1 had not been completed
2 had not completed
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I'll do my best to explain.
If the sentence's subject is the person doing the action, there is no need to say "been"/"be".
For example:
"I had completed my work yesterday."
"I have completed my work"
"I will complete my work tomorrow".
However, if we change the sentence and make the subject the object "receiving" the action, we DO need to add "been"/"be".
For example:
"My work had been completed yesterday"
"My work has been completed"
"My work will be completed tomorrow"
In your example, the sentence fragment is "the project had not been completed on time". You can see that the subject of the sentence fragment is the object (the project), so we need to say "been".
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1. "had not been completed" is correct.
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I'll do my best to explain.
If the sentence's subject is the person doing the action, there is no need to say "been"/"be".
For example:
"I had completed my work yesterday."
"I have completed my work"
"I will complete my work tomorrow".
However, if we change the sentence and make the subject the object "receiving" the action, we DO need to add "been"/"be".
For example:
"My work had been completed yesterday"
"My work has been completed"
"My work will be completed tomorrow"
In your example, the sentence fragment is "the project had not been completed on time". You can see that the subject of the sentence fragment is the object (the project), so we need to say "been".
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