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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?
2019년 1월 12일 오후 12:14
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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!
2019년 1월 12일
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The sentence is wrong, it should read 'they were tired' without 'been'. Yes, it is in the simple past.
2019년 1월 12일
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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.
2019년 1월 12일
the been between were and tired is not needed.
2019년 1월 12일
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