Can someone please help me? I am trying to understand passive verbs. In writing my essays, the instructor specifies to write in present tense. My papers are producing large scale F's. Out of four hundred words, I used three descriptive verbs: feels abusued, appears worried, and appears delighted. Are these in passive form? I thought that worried, abused, and delighted were adjetives to describe the noun. I placed action verbs in front in present tense. Am I doing something wrong.
Here is a sample sentence:
While descending the catacombs, Montresor appears worried about his friend's cough. Is this sentence in passive or present active?
Thank you.