What’s the Past Tense of Lean? Leaned or Leant?
Lean, which is an intransitive verb, accepts both leaned and leant as its past tense and past participle forms.
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What’s the Past Tense of Dream? Dreamed or Dreamt?
American English prefers dreamed as the past tense and past participle form of dream (present tense). British English prefers dreamt as the past and past participle form.
Learned or Learnt? What’s the Past Tense of Learn?
US English prefers learned as the past tense of learn. Learnt is the original past tense, and commonly accepted worldwide.
What’s the Past Tense of Leap? Leaped or Leapt?
Leaped and leapt are both correct past tense and past participles of the verb leap, (which is present tense).
What’s the Past Tense of Smell? Smelled or Smelt?
Both smelled and smelt are accepted past forms of the present tense verb, to smell. Smelled is the American preference, whereas spelt is preferred in UK.
What is the Verb To Be?
To be means being as in existing. I am, you are, he is, they are, are are all forms of being in the present (to be).
What Are Verb Tenses? (Past, Present and Future)
Verb tenses are points in time. The word tense comes from the Latin tempus, “a portion of time”.
What’s a Participle? (Present Participle vs. Past Participles)
Participles are part verbs and part adjectives (by sometimes modifying nouns) in sentences.
What’s the Past Tense of Break? (Break, Broke, Broken?)
The simple past tense of ‘break’ (rhymes with wake) is broke (rhymes with woke). The past participle is broken (rhymes with woken).
What’s the Past Tense of Do?
To do and does are both present tense. Did is past tense for all subjects, and done is the past participle (also for all subjects).