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- 31-Oct-2003, 19:48 #1xanana Guest
[Tenses] was + <adjective> vs. continous Consider the continuous tense:
I eat
I am eating (continuous present)
I was eating (continuous past)
My question is this: What is the name of the tense in "I was tired". Simple past ?
- 31-Oct-2003, 20:54 #2
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Yes, that is simple past. :D
- 31-Oct-2003, 23:22 #3
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Re: [Tenses] was + <adjective> vs. continous I was tired.
'was' [simple past verb]
'tired' [past participle, function: adjective].
The cat was eating.
'was' [simple past verb]
'eating' [present participle, function: progressive verb form]
The cat was eaten.
'was' [simple past verb]
'eaten' [past participle, function: passive verb form]
:D
