Is there are rule when to use opened vs open? Nov 19, 2006"opened" is the past participle of "open" so yoiu would want to say "the shop has opened" will open - future open - present has opened - past but, in this case - both "the shop is. Jul 17, 2013the point is, it says open, not opened.
In a passive sentence, "the door was opened by fred", this tells us who opened it, or that it has been opened, and that after this happened, the. Oct 5, 2015"these cases are opened" is a passive construction that declares an event of opening these cases to take place. Dec 1, 2015the door was opened.
It means 'somebody opened the door' in an active voice. "this letter is supposed to be opened after 20 years." is. B) the counter will be opened from 9am to 5pm.
