To be + past participle in English

Question

I have one doubt about the structure “to be + past participle”

In some cases I have seen ‘to be + past participle’ replaces ‘is to be + past participle’

Example:

this work is to be done ⤏ this work to be done.

My question is, does ‘to be + past participle’ replaces ‘was to be + past participle’ also?

Like example:

this work to be done ⤏ this work was to be done.

in any of the cases can we use like that?

The work (to be done) is a different grammatical structure from the work is (to be done). The first is not a complete sentence. — Andrew, Commented Nov 27, 2017 at 18:17
-1 Not clear what you are asking. What does verb3 mean? This is not a standard abbreviation. Also, as per Andrew's comment, the two phrases in each example are not equivalent : one is a sentence, the other is a phrase. — sammy gerbil, Commented Nov 27, 2017 at 21:54
@Lambie I took the liberty to change "verb 3" to "past participle". Perhaps, OP's intention was the third form of the verb. Or something like that. — Cardinal, Commented Nov 28, 2017 at 0:16

asr09 · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-28 02:41:41Z

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Active voice : present perfect> To have sent. Passive voice : present perfect> To have been sent .

Form Active voice Passive voice
Simple Present To sent To be sent. Simple Present Cont To be sending -

answered Nov 28, 2017 at 2:41

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