CLOSE, same as for OPEN? I teach ESL and am not a native speaker. Thanks.
2006-09-20 06:05:53 · 8 answers · asked by Butterfly 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Just like that. Also in my, polish language, to describe a verb you use an adjective or a word derived from a verb which sounds "adjectively" and has such function.
2006-09-20 06:10:09 · answer #1 · answered by Lady G. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this case, "closed" is not a past participle. It too is an adjective, in that it describes the door.
The PP would be if the sentence read, "The door has been closed." In which case the other sentence would be, "The door has been opened."
I'm thankful I don't have to learn English as a second language. Good luck.
2006-09-20 07:31:37 · answer #2 · answered by Lawn Jockey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this usage, "closed" is not a past participle. It is acting as an predicate adjective, not a verb. In the sentence, "He closed the door before he left," it would be used as the past participle form of the verb. In the sentence, "The door is closed," "closed" fills the same place and part of speech as "open" in "The door is open" because it follows the linking verb "is." Does that make sense? Even though the word itself is the same in both cases, "closed," it is not the same part of speech. Therefore, in this case both "open" and "closed" are predicate adjectives. "Open" can work the same way: it would be a verb if you said, "Open the door." Usage here determines the part of speech regardless of the fact that the word is spelled the same as it would be if used as another part of speech. I hope that explains things a little.
2006-09-20 06:22:06 · answer #3 · answered by dramaturgerenata78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was born and raise with the English language and i don't even know why it's like that all i know with the adjectives and stuff like that is nouns are a person, place or thing much other than that i have no idea..... that part of English class i was never really good at. i learned more about the English language taking Spanish than i did actually taking English classes
2006-09-20 06:19:49 · answer #4 · answered by babybro35 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open, shut, closed, can be adjectives as well as verbs, just as the gerund (-ing) form of a verb can also be a noun.
Shut is an irregular verb--all tenses are the same.
Crazy language, no?
2006-09-20 06:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its more logical then discipline of English writing. Because We say door is open with the idea that next action of some one coming in is in future........ and when we say "Door is closed" we always refer to the action which is completed in past ..........
2006-09-20 06:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by ppatel848 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are both adjectives, you can check this by writing it another way:
The closed door.
The opened door.
2006-09-20 06:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The door is shut?
2006-09-20 06:09:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋