Hi, I'd change these: 5. The sun was eclipsed by the moon. ACTIVE PASSIVE 9. This bone has been buried by the dog . PASSIVE 10. It takes a long time to think of these examples . PASSIVE ACTIVE 13. There was a cup of coffee on the table but now

Hi Sitifan For 1, I would only choose "was". (was stolen = passive = reference to a past act) For 2, I would use "is". We frequently use "broken" as a predicate adjective, and in this case "is broken"

is Is closed an adjective in the sentence? Yes. There are many cases where you will find "ed" at the end of a word. It does not always mean "past tense". It could be an adjective. Present: The glass is large. Past: The glass

Could you explain when exactly we can reduce relative clause if there is no be verb? I know I can say: English has an alphabet that consists or consisting of 26 letters. You are mixing a gerund phrase in with a subordinate noun clause.

Well, of course the homework is done by Joe, not by the homework, but I think that the time frames are the same for both voices in the same tense. I do not get the feeling you do, although I think I know why you get that feeling: 'done' is also

Hello. re•peated adj. happening , said or done many times. Oxford Dictionary. I can't understand why it is said happening and not happened (like said and done ). Good question. This is a very restricted definition "adj.

testing shows the action that you are doing, therefore, it also shows that it is in progress, and it is repeated by the words "in progress" best use "the tests (noun) are in progress" because you are doing many, not one presumably

Hi, Thank you. Could you help me with some individual cases? Please see colored part for my additional questions/comments. I wrote: Hi. Would you say any subordinate clauses that are placed predicatively should have a comma before it

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

Hi, This is a present perfect passive construction, much like "he has been promoted to a store manager recently". But some would consider verbs like "married, interested, tired and pleased etc.." a particple adjective. A