What’s the Past Tense of “Sew”? Sewed or Sewn?
The past tense of sew is sewed. The past participle is either sewed or sewn (sewn being preferred in UK English).
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The past tense of sew is sewed. The past participle is either sewed or sewn (sewn being preferred in UK English).
To shoot has one past tense and participle form, both of which are shot. Shoot is an irregular verb with two forms altogether.
Burst is an irregular verb with one form. Like other irregular verbs (set, cut, hurt, and shut), burst does not change its form to reflect tense.
Split is an irregular verb with one form and does not change despite tense.
Hurt is the same in the present, past and past participle form of the verb. It’s an irregular verb with one verb form.
Cut is an irregular verb that has one form for the present, past and past participle. Cutting is the present participle, and cuts is the third-person singular.
Let is an irregular verb with one past tense form, and that’s let. Let’s is a contraction that combines let + us.
Put is an irregular verb with one form that remains unchanged no matter the tense. It’s similar to other irregular verbs like shut, burst, let, and hurt.
The verb set belongs to the class of irregular verbs with one form, like bet, shut, and hurt, set remains unchanged despite tense.
The verb to shut belongs to the category of irregular verbs with only one form. This means that shut remains the same in the past tense, and is simply shut.