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CB,Thank you for your input. At least I know I am not the only one with the PASSIVE approach toward this typeof sentences. <<<Football is a popular sport as an adjective, although it is a past participle. However, some may argue this is a passive voice sentence because my exhaustion was...

played in almost all Asian and European countries.The sentence consists of a main clause and a relative clause, which has been reduced by omitting the relative pronoun and the passive auxiliary (is). I call such structures clause equivalents, but terminology is unimportant here. The relative...

1. Well, "had" is the past tense of the verb "have", but I think you're asking specifically about its use as an auxiliary to form the past perfect tense of other verbs: I played -- simple past tense I have played -- present perfect tense I had played -- past perfect (or...

Hi all! I need you to correct this composition I did. I was asked to write a letter (I guess it's got to be formal) about a camp in Canada, I would be a L.I.T. (I didn't found this word on the net related to camps) and tell the parents what their kids are going to do and what they sould...

<although somewhere in the back of my mind I vaguely remember reading the combination I usen't to .... > Chambers says: used to There is often uncertainty about the correct negative form of used to. The following are all acceptable (note that when an auxiliary verb is used, it is did,...

Hi, my grammar guide has tied me up in knots. Can anyone help with the following question? In the sentence "The last sport I played was football" what function does "was" play? Is it an auxiliary verb? How does it relate to the rest of the sentence? Thanks in advance.

Here's something that's been puzzling me for a very long time:I like football. --> I do like football.Jenny went there but... --> Jenny did go there but...In both examples, emphasised by the auxiliary verb do.But:I can do it but... --> ???She is nice but... --> ???He will go there...

Hello Guest A linking verb tells us more about the state or condition of the subject. An action verb shows action. In your extract, I've marked action verbs as A, and linking verbs as L. I've left some verbs unmarked, in case you want to try to assess them yourself. If so, post again, and...

It would be impossible to write everything there is to know about "voice" in English in just one post, but I hope the following will help. In English, a transitive verb can be used either in the 'active' or the 'passive' voice. If the person or thing denoted by the subject is the 'doer' of the...