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Bruna Cascardi
They were been tired because they had been helping on the farm all day.
I found this sentence in an app:
"They were been tired because they had been helping on the farm all day."
My question is: been tired is a passive voice? If the answer is correct, this clause is a simple past tense?
Jan 12, 2019 12:14 PM
Answers · 6
4
Hi Bruna! It seems like there is a mistake in the sentence. It should be, "They were tired because they had been helping on the farm all day," in which case it wouldn't be passive voice, but just past simple. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions!
January 12, 2019
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The sentence is wrong, it should read 'they were tired' without 'been'. Yes, it is in the simple past.
January 12, 2019
2
Hello Bruna,
This sentence is not correct. It should read: "They were tired because they had been helping on the farm all day."
"They were tired..." is simple past tense. "...they had been helping..." is the past perfect continuous tense.
(If the sentence began: "They have been tired..." that would be the present perfect tense and it isn't passive. But, this doesn't work with the second clause, so you would not use this structure.)
I hope this helps.
January 12, 2019
the been between were and tired is not needed.
January 12, 2019
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