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hello every one

If I said the shope is closed

It is past simple right

The shope is the noun
is helping verb
closed main verb

Like in this situation my friend and I standing in front of a store and they just close right now.

Another question please
we say have as main verb which mean possession
i have a car
he has a laptop

When we use have had and has had
is it when he had it and it is no longer in his possession

And is present perfect have had , has had
 

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hello every one

If I said the shope is closed

It is past simple right

The shope is the noun
is helping verb
closed main verb

Like in this situation my friend and I standing in front of a store and they just close right now.

Another question please
we say have as main verb which mean possession
i have a car
he has a laptop

When we use have had and has had
is it when he had it and it is no longer in his possession

And is present perfect have had , has had

Welcome to the forum.

Please only put one question in each thread.

The shop is closed.
The shop = noun
is = third person singular present tense of the verb "to be"
closed = adjective.
The sentence is in the present tense.

You can say "The shop has just closed" to mean it just closed (right now).
The shop = noun
has closed = present perfect
just = adverb of time
 

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thank you sir

roger that 1 thread 1 question .

but i have learned that when we add ed it is the past form of regular verbs
how can i differentiate between verb and adjective ?
 

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Thank you. [STRIKE]sir[/STRIKE] Inappropriate. emsr2d2 is female.

Roger that: 1 thread 1 question.

But I have learned that when we add 'ed' it is the past form of regular verbs.
How can I differentiate between verb and adjective?

Always capitalise I and the first word of every sentence.

Note my corrections to your punctuation.

The context tells you whether it's a verb or an adjective.

Rover
 

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Some adjectives end "-ed" too. As Rover said, the context will help you to work out which one it is.

I damaged the door. ("damaged" is the simple past)
The door is damaged. ("damaged" is an adjective).
 

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The door was damaged by the explosion. - 'damaged' is the third form (past participle) of the verb in a passive construction.
 
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