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Souri Posted 4 years ago
Vocabulary

First conditional sentence

Hi,

If you are caught stealing, they will sack you.

Caught is the past form of catch. why was 'caught' used here?


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Souri Caught is the past form of catch. Yes, but here it is the past participle. Souri why was 'caught' used here?

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  • Souri Caught is the past form of catch.
  • Yes, but here it is the past participle.
  • Souri why was 'caught' used here?
  • That is how you form the passive.
  • If they catch him stealing, he is caught stealing.
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SouriCaught is the past form of catch.

Yes, but here it is the past participle.

Souriwhy was 'caught' used here?

That is how you form the passive. If they catch him stealing, he is caught stealing. The tense is in "to be": he is caught, he was caught, he will be caught.

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Souri

Hi,

If you are caught stealing, they will sack you.

Caught is the past form of catch. why was 'caught' used here?


Thanks

Because it's are caught, passive voice.

Active voice:

If they catch you stealing, they will sack you. (1st cond.)
If

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