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hi, teachers.is this sentence right? "We've been running behind. But now we're all caught up. ""we're all caught up"&lt;--is this passive voice?thanks

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Is this sentence right? "We've been running behind. But now we're all caught up. " Yes, it's fine

"we're all caught up"<--is this passive voice? No, it is active.

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thanks AlpheccaStars

I have another question.

if this is active, why here use "be caught up"?

isn't "caught" a past participle of catch?

is the phrase "caught up" a predicative here? is it used as adjective?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

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"to catch up (with)" is a phrasal verb. It means to come from behind to get even. Examples:

I saw my friend walking about a block down the street, and I wanted to talk to him, so I ran and finally caught up with him.

I was behind on my homework. I studied hard to catch up. I am now caught up, so I can watch TV.

The subject in all of these sentences is the actor (the person who does the action.) In the last sentence, "caught up" can be considered as a predicate adjective. It is not passive, since the actor is the subject.

It is easy to confuse this construction with the passive of verb "catch" where the object of the action becomes the grammatical subject:

The police caught the thief. (active)

The thief was caught by the police. (passive)

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