FRENCH: Voix passive

May 13, 2015 00:48

I have a question about a certain sentence in the passive voice. My lecturer, who is not a native speaker, said that my sentence is incorrect. I would appreciate if the native speakers could comment.

The exercise goes like this:

Visite du château de Versailles : vous êtes l'un des guides. Présentez le châteaux à partir des indications suivantes. Employez la forme passive.

Construction du château sur l'ordre de Louis XIV à partir de 1661. Le château ...

My sentence was: (1) Le château été construit sur l'ordre de Louis XIV à partir de 1661.

My teacher said that it should have been: (2) Le château a été construit sur l'ordre de Louis XIV à partir de 1661.

I found this construction on the internet (3) Le château avait été construit sur l'ordre de Louis XIV à partir de 1661.

What's the difference between the three of them? I thought that (1) expresses the process. The works started in 1661, and we don't say anything about whether they have been finished (and when) or not.

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