| BraLoD said:
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The only alternative is 'beaten' which puts it one step further back than past tense.
John was trying to beat the game (present tense)
John beat that game (past tense)
John had beaten that game (Pluperfect)
This may help ... it helps me!
http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/English/beat.html
'Beat' would be considered 'active' while 'beaten' would be considered 'passive'. That's not the end of the story but it's all you need for now :)
Active: John poured water into the bucket
Passive: John took the bucket which had been filled with water.
I hope you don't find this patronising because I could never do what you have done. It's weird because I also belong to a writing forum and regularly help people with their work (only in presentation and word choice really) and every time someone asks me about grammar I have NO idea how to explain. LOL
The PS5 Exists.
