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I got confused by these :The store was close.The store was closed.The store is closed.The store is close.I don't know which one is correct, and I don't know which one is correct to use when I tried to mention the store is closing for a period of time. (The time = past to future)

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
'Close' here sounds like it means 'nearby'. I don't think that's your intended meaning here.
'Closed' means 'not open'.

I got confused by these :

The store was close. No. See above
The store was closed. It was not open, at some time in the past
The store is closed. It is not open now
The store is close. No, See above
I don't know which one is correct, and I don't know which one is correct to use when I tried to mention the store is closing for a period of time. (The time = past to future)

If you speak on the 15th and the situation is that it closed on the 10th and will open on the 20th, you can say
eg It is closed
eg It is closed until the 20th.

Clive

AlpheccaStars · Answer

It is easy to confuse the active voice and passive voice.

1) The store was close.
You have confused the verb "close" with the adverb "close". It means near, and usually followed by "to" or "by."

The store was close (near) to my school, so I could go shopping on the way home.
Are we close to the store now?

2) The store was closed.

This is the verb "close." It is past tense, passive voice. It means that in the past, the store was not open.
The store was closed at midnight.
The manager closed the store at midnight and went home.

3) The store is closed.
This is the verb "close." It is present tense, passive voice. It means that right now, the store is not open.

The store is closed for remodelling. It will reopen next week.
The company closed this store because they were losing money.

4) The store is close.
See #1.

Lokon · Answer

What does was + present tense verb mean ? I got confused by that, and also is + past tense verb

The building was destroy.
The building is destroyed.

Does these two means the same or any errors ? Please clarify, and thanks for helping

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Hi Lokon:

The active voice is when the subject does the action:

The bomb destroys the building. (present)

The bomb destroyed the building. (past)
The bomb will destroy the building. (future)

A sentence is in the passive voice when the subject does not do the action. The subject is the receiver of the action. The thing that actually does the action is either unknown, or in a phrase that begins with by. The pattern in passive voice is the verb "be" + past participle of the main verb.

These sentences say the same thing as the ones above, but they are passive voice:

The building is destroyed by the bomb. (= The bomb destroys the building.)

The building was destroyed by the bomb. (= The bomb destroyed the building. )

The building will be destroyed by the bomb. (= The bomb will destroy the buiding.)

If we don't know what destroyed the building, then the phrase "by the ..." is omitted.

The building is destroyed. (present)
The building was destroyed. (past)
The building will be destroyed. (future)

Always use the past participle of the verb, never the present form.

The building is destroy - not correct.

CalifJim · Answer

lokonWhat does was + present tense verb mean ? ...

The building was destroy.

No, no, no! You can't do that! That's a mistake!

CJ

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