Past tense

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" A question is formed. " &lt;&lt; is this past tense?Am doing my lab report. confuse between was and is.

Philip · Accepted Answer

"A question is formed" is an example of the passive voice, which does use the past participle.  The past tense form would be "a question was formed."

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Anonymous" A question is formed. " << is this past tense?Am doing my lab report. confuse between was and is.

The present tense of "be" is:

I am
You are
She / he / it is
We are
They are

If you see one of these forms, you know the sentence is in one of the present tenses.

If you see another verb form after "be", there is another description of the tense besides "present"

For instance: verb + ing makes the present progressive tense: I am running.
The past participle makes the present tense, passive voice.
The past participle of regular verbs is verb + ed. I am punished by my father.

Since your sentence has "is," it must be present tense.
Since it also has a past participle (formed), it is passive voice.

Be aware that sometimes the past participle can be used as an adjective, and the sentence is not passive voice, but active:
He is very tired. (Simple present tense.)

This is an advanced topic that you will learn as you study the passive voice in detail.

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