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Sitara Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

use of was and were

can we use third form of verb with was and were in any situation?
  

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Hello, sitara—and welcome to English Forums. sitara can we use third form of verb with was and were in any situation? Probably not, but your question is too vague and general.

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  • Hello, sitara—and welcome to English Forums.
  • sitara can we use third form of verb with was and were in any situation?
  • Probably not, but your question is too vague and general.
  • What kind of situations are you talking about?
  • Can you give us some examples?
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Hello, sitara—and welcome to English Forums.
sitaracan we use third form of verb with was and were in any situation?
Probably not, but your question is too vague and general. What kind of situations are you talking about? Can you give us some examples?
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We use the third form (past participle) of lexical verbs with parts of BE to form the passive:

The suspect was arrested yesterday.
The suspects were arrested yesterday,
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examples.....
It was informed me
It was written in history books
These software were installed ......etc etc etc
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sitaraexamples..... It was informed me It was written in history booksThese software were installed
That is the way we use 'be' verb forms to make passive voice verbs. In your examples, the first one is not in use; we use 'I was informed that...'.
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sitaraThese software were installed
Software is uncountable: This software was installed.
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