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MUET Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What is the rule and condition when a verb being added with "ed"?

Notice(please check 'ed' for a verb)
Everybody is (worried) abt (flooded)
Question:Any mistake need to be corrected for that sentence?

Next,
For simple past tense(Is that "ed" for a verb which meant passive sentence or past tense?)
What is the condition we need to be consider before a verb being added for "ed" ?
  

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MUET Everybody is (worried) abt (flooded) Everybody is worried. " But the prepositional phrase "about flooded" does not work. Instead of the past participle, you could use the present participle (or " gerund ").

— Avangi

  • MUET Everybody is (worried) abt (flooded) Everybody is worried.
  • " But the prepositional phrase "about flooded" does not work.
  • Instead of the past participle, you could use the present participle (or " gerund ").
  • about flooding .
  • Everybody is worried about looting / flooding.
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MUETEverybody is (worried) abt (flooded)
Everybody is worried.
In this case, the past participle "worried" serves as adjective complement to the being verb (linking verb) "is."

But the prepositional phrase "about flooded" does not work.

Instead of the past participle, you could use the present participle (or "gerund")
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Verbs like tired/ exhausted/ embarrassed/ saddened etc. are called particple adjective by traditional grammar. But I looked at them with a passive construction approach. I am tired of listening to your complaints. Your complaitns tire me out.There is an agent which causes a passive voice.

In your sentence: Everybody is (worried) abt (flooded)

If the people in the
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