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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Was/were+past participle and have/has+past participle
How do you explain in the simplest form to a foreign student how and when to use was/were+past participle and have/has+past participle?
Example : How was the window broken? and not How has the window broken?
Thank you!
Example : How was the window broken? and not How has the window broken?
Thank you!
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Example : How was the window broken? and not How has the window broken? Thank you!
- Example : How was the window broken?
- and not How has the window broken?
- Thank you!
- The window cannot break itself (or anything else).
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AnonymousHow do you explain in the simplest form to a foreign student how and when to use was/were+past participle and have/has+past participle?Example : How was the window broken? and not How has the window broken? Thank you!The window cannot break itself (or anything else). You need the passive construction, "How was the window broken?" (or 'How has
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