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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Tense
Her father was arrested for fraud.
Which is the tense in this sentence?
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Which is the tense in this sentence?
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Anonymous Her father was arrested for fraud. It's simple past tense, passive voice. "
- Anonymous Her father was arrested for fraud.
- It's simple past tense, passive voice.
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AnonymousHer father was arrested for fraud.It's simple past tense, passive voice.
Simple past tense, active voice would be: "The police arrested her father for fraud."
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Notice that in your example the auxiliary verb "was" is considered part of the form of the verb tense.
"Arrested" is considered the past participle, and just happens to have the same form as the active voice simple past tense.
"Arrested" is considered the past participle, and just happens to have the same form as the active voice simple past tense.
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