What's the difference between "Are you tired? and Did you tire?"
Is "Are you tired?" used as passive?
How about "Are you exhausted? and Did you exhaust?"
Thanks...
These are not passives. They are questions.
You are tired = a statement with a linking verb and predicate adjective. The question format just reverses the subject and verb.
Did you tire = a question that usually needs an adverb or a direct object.
-- Did you tire easily when you were recovering from surgery?
-- Did you tire out the children when you played soccer with them?
Now tell me what you think about the others you listed, and I'll let you know if you're on the right track.
So to speak, "tired and exhausted" are predicate adjectives. Am I right?
Are there other verbs that can only take the passive form?
In these questions, "tired" and "exhausted" are past participles of verbs being used as predicate adjectives:
-- Are you tired?
-- Are you exhausted?
But in the others, "tire" and "exhaust" are being used as main verbs (not participles/adjectives). Notice that the auxiliary verb "did" is used in each -- that indicates some kind of action, in these cases past actions.
Here's a webpage that explains more about passives:
http://www.elementalenglish.com/the-passive-voice-passive-only-verbs-part-3/
Note the list of the passive-only verbs.
The difference between "Are you tired?" and "Did you tire?" lies in their use of verb tenses and sentence structures.
"Are you tired?" is in the present tense and is formed using the auxiliary verb "are" and the adjective "tired." This is a simple question asking about someone's current state of being tired. It is not used in the passive voice.
On the other hand, "Did you tire?" is in the past tense and is formed using the auxiliary verb "did" and the verb "tire." This sentence is asking if someone got tired or became exhausted at some point in the past. It can be used in the active voice.
Regarding "Are you tired?" being used as passive, the answer is no. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb rather than performing the action. For example, a passive sentence could be "You were tired by the long journey," where "you" is the receiver of being tired. In "Are you tired?" the subject is "you," but it is not in passive voice because it is not receiving any action.
Similarly, "Are you exhausted?" is also in the present tense and formed using the auxiliary verb "are" and the adjective "exhausted." It is similar to "Are you tired?" in terms of the sentence structure and usage as a present tense question. It is not passive voice.
On the other hand, "Did you exhaust?" is in the past tense and formed using the auxiliary verb "did" and the verb "exhaust." This sentence is asking if someone caused exhaustion or made someone feel exhausted at some point in the past. It can be used in the active voice.
Remember, when using questions in English, the verb tense and sentence structure can change the meaning and the context of the question.