2006-07-22 05:17:59 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
i believe the word torn is the past tense for tear...if you tear something it is torn
2006-07-22 05:20:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Torn IS the past tense of tear.
2006-07-22 05:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the past tense of the word torn is tore
2006-07-22 05:19:23 · answer #3 · answered by Leon K. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Torn is the past tense. I have been torn is past perfect. Tear is present, tears is present action, tore is a past as well as torn.
2006-07-22 05:19:49 · answer #4 · answered by Wookie on Water 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word torn is actually the past participle of tear so it does not have a past tense
2006-07-22 06:15:39 · answer #5 · answered by smilie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Torn is already past tense (tore).
2006-07-22 05:19:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
torn is the past tense of tear..
2006-07-22 05:19:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
torn
v.
Past participle of tear
tear
v., tore (tôr, tōr), torn (tôrn, tōrn), tear·ing, tears.
v.tr.
To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
To make (an opening) by ripping: tore a hole in my stocking.
To lacerate (the skin, for example).
To separate forcefully; wrench: tore the wrappings off the present.
To divide or disrupt: was torn between opposing choices; a country that was torn by strife.
v.intr.
To become torn.
To move with heedless speed; rush headlong.
n.
The act of tearing.
The result of tearing; a rip or rent.
A great rush; a hurry.
2006-07-22 05:24:56 · answer #8 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware that "torn" wasn't already past tense; past participle, to be specific. The root word is "to tear" (rhymes with hair), and the preterit (or simple past tense) is "tore".
WADR,
2006-07-22 05:22:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
torn is past tense
2006-07-22 05:21:28 · answer #10 · answered by BIGG AL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋