Answer to Question #308475 in English for Sesi

Question

Explain why the verb "to be" is realised as "am" and were in the following sentences:

a)I am a student

b)we were tired

c)what is the grammatical concept that is used to explain the changes in the form of the verb "to be" in a) and b) above?

Answer 1

The passive is formed by combining a form of the verb "to be" with a past participle. When the subject of an action isn't as crucial as what the subject did (the sentence's action), or when the issue is unknown, passive verb formulations come in handy. For example, the police might report that "Three liters of fluid are filtered via porous glass beads." In writing skills, where the method is more essential than who is conducting the activity, we can write, "Three liters of fluid are filtered through porous glass beads." Only the auxiliary form of "To be" changes depending on the verb's intent; the participle remains the same. To show whether the subject is singular or plural, the "to be" will change its form