Tag: was
The Subjunctive Mood
The subjunctive mood is used to express a hypothetical or non-real action or state, and is often used to express doubt, uncertainty, or desire. The verb to be is a particularly common verb used in the subjunctive mood.
The Passive voice with a formal subject It
It is said, it was said, it is reported, it was reported- these phrases are examples of the passive voice with a formal subject. They are often used to attribute information to a general source or to distance the statement from a specific speaker.
The Future Perfect in the Past
The Future Perfect in the Past is used to talk about a completed action in the future from a point in the past. It is formed by using would have plus the past participle of the main verb.
The Past Perfect tense
In the Past perfect tense, the auxiliary verb had is used with the past participle form of the verb to indicate that the action was completed before a past action or time.