• Re: locked in

  it is a passive verb in this context. You're right. Probably, in the following context, it's used as a passive verb: ...... Yes, with some reservations -- explained below. It's hard
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by califjim 2 yr 35 days ago Verbs, Tenses

• Re: How are these different?

  be revealed and the road can be walked, as in the first pair of parallel structures (implied passive ...
  was so you'll have a passive constuction -- the same passive stucture implied by the first pair above. 1
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by califjim 2 yr 174 days ago

• Re: Two questions

  Cool Breeze has written the following: A. The present perfect in the passive: A new ...
  . The perfect infinitive in the passive: The perfect infinitive is usually used with a defective
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by rex 2 yr 222 days ago Articles, Auxiliaries, Modals, Present Perfect

• Re: swam or swum?

  "be" is used with the past participle to make passive verb forms. - be + past participle = passive. Swim does not readily take the passive but here goes: "The English Channel is swum by strong swimmers every
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by mrsteve 2 yr 293 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Auxiliaries, Present Tenses, Past Perfect, Present Perfect, Past Simple

• Re: Verb tense/verb naming help...

  ; (passive form) auxiliary "to be" + past participle That stuff has been eaten ---> (passive form) auxiliary "to be" + past participle (NB: the auxiliary verb is "to be" in passive forms
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by kooyeen 2 yr 312 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Auxiliaries, Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Tenses

• Re: tense/the

  of the verb break in the simple past passive. The use of the word already also makes this clear. Without the word already in the original sentence, you could argue that a passive form of break was intended
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by yankee 3 yr 6 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Simple Past

• Re: "I was stood at the bus stop"

  Marius Hancu wrote: "I was stood at the bus stop. " strange passive to me, I'd opt for: "I stood at the bus stop." or "I was standing at the bus stop." Both active. Use of the passive
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by garnett 3 yr 11 days ago Verbs, Dates

• Re: simple query( very urgent)

  In my opinion, if you write in the passive, it will sound marked. You use the passive when you ...
  by and says "How's your work coming along today?" if you responded with this passive construction
  ESL, Learn Basic English Vocabulary by grammar geek 3 yr 53 days ago Constructions

• Re: explain that to me with events

  read by Jay" You can do this way as an exercise about how to make a passive sentence. But strictly ...
  , passivization is possible only when something happens with the state of the subject in the passive sentence
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by alia 4 yr 25 days ago Predicates, Passive Sentences

• Re: skipped?

  in an passive voice, i.e, "S be to be C", and in the case of "suppose", only the passive voice is acceptable ...
  "to be" is often elided in the passive voice of certain verbs :"S be thought C", "S be considered C", "S
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 4 yr 133 days ago Grammar, Verbs, Clauses, English Grammar
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