were/was come with verb+ed

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Hi,I'm glad I found a forum full of persons providing assistance to others free of charge and I'm really grateful to you.I want to know what are the situations that "were-was" come with verb+edfor example:I was tiredI now tired here not verb but adjectivenow I am asking what are the situations were/was come with verb+ed in the same sentence?Thank you in advance

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Hello Prose;

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The first case of the construction were/was + past participle is the passive voice construction.
The second case is where the past participle is used as a predicate adjective / complement.

The past participle of regular verbs has the -ed ending. Irregular verbs have past participles that you have to memorize.

Case #1) Note that the passive can have an agent indicated by a "by + noun phrase"
His sleep was disturbed by the barking dog.
We were interrupted (by the phone call).
The car was repaired (by the mechanic).
The job was finished (by the workers.)

Case #2) Predicate adjective. Note that the adjective may be graded by "very." It also may be a passive construction.

I was (very) interested in buying your car.
He was (very) satisfied with the mechanic's repairs.

Prose · Answer

Hi AlpheccaStars.

Thank you for your help.
It's easy, it will not be a problem to me anymore

Thank you so much .

were/was come with verb+ed

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