Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Present Tense, Passive Voice
The passive voice in the present tense often confuses students. Sometimes they think they're looking at the past tense if the past participle looks like a past tense verb. The important thing is to look at the verb "be." If you take the verb "pay" for instance. (pay / paid / paid) The past tense and the past participle are the same, but when you say "I'm paid twice a month," you're using the present tense: "I am." Here's a video that might help you. �
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As always very thorough video, thank you very much.
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