Was Targeted Verb Tense?

The past tense of target is targeted or targetted. The third-person singular simple present indicative

present indicative
The past tense of make more efficient is made more efficient. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of make more efficient is makes more efficient. The present participle of make more efficient is making more efficient. The past participle of make more efficient is made more efficient.
form of target is targets. ... The past participle of target is targeted or targetted.

What tense to use with was?

When to use were

Whereas was is the singular past tense of to be, were is used for both the third person plural past tense (they and we) and the second person past tense (you). In the past indicative, were acts similar to was. “They were at the store,” you could say, for example.

Is targeted or was targeted?

It becomes just 'targeting/targeted', because there is usually no doubling when the preceding vowel is unstressed. Some words change their spelling to cope (they add a letter 'k').

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

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