damaged=adjective?
Cars usually get damaged in an accident.
Glasses can easily damaged if you not careful.
damaged it is past of verb damage. In these sentences damaged used as construction of passive voice? How it will sound in active sound?
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"Damaged' is the past participle of the verb 'damage'.
Cars usually get damaged in an accident.
The second sentence is wrong - it has some words missing. It should be this:
Glasses can easily GET damaged if you ARE not careful.
And yes, you are right. The verb form 'get damaged' is a type of passive construction. If you want an active version you could say something like this:
Careless drivers often damage their cars in accidents.
If you aren't careful you can easily damage those glasses.
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Hello Artur,
"Damage" is rarely used in active clauses. I suggest using "break" instead. (e.g. Glasses easily break if you are not careful.)
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Thank you hmano ! Very useful site
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http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participle.htm
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