What’s the Past Tense of Set? Set or Setted?
February 21, 2023
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The verb set belongs to the class of irregular verbs with one form, like bet, shut, and hurt, set remains unchanged despite tense.
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Do you ever catch yourself questioning the correct past tense of a certain verb, like ‘dream’: is it dreamed or dreamt? Similarly, other confusing verbs, like spelled or spelt, burned or burnt, or what about speed or speeded?
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The proper past tenses of verbs (and all of their other tenses) will make sense once you understand what each of them mean, their proper construction and how they denote actions or events in relation to time. We get into the twelve principal tenses in English, and include worksheets/practice questions for you to practice your own self-mastery of the past tense of verbs, along their their other tense forms.
What’s the Past Tense of Shut? Shut or Shutted?
February 21, 2023
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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.
What’s the Past Tense of Bet? Bet or Betted?
February 15, 2023
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For the safe bet, stick to bet. Bet uses one form for the most part, and is just bet. Betted is a nonstandard past form of bet (present tense).
Is it Cost or Costed? What’s the Past Tense of Cost?
January 28, 2023
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Cost only has one form, which is cost. Cost is a single-form verb that stays the same no matter the tense.
What’s the Past Tense of Run?
January 27, 2023
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To run is the simple present tense. Ran is the simple past tense form of run, and run is also the past participle form of the verb.
What’s the Past Tense of Strike? Struck or Stricken?
January 26, 2023
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The past tense and participle of strike is struck. The adjectival past participle is stricken, as in, a grief-stricken widow.
What’s the Past Tense of Sit? Sit or Sat?
January 21, 2023
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Both the past tense and past participle form of sit are sat. Sit is in the present tense, and sitting is the present participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Seek? Seeked or Sought?
January 20, 2023
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The verb seek only has one past tense form, sought. Sought is both the past tense and past participle of seek (present tense).
What’s the Past Tense of Breed? Breeded or Bred?
January 17, 2023
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The verb, breed, has two forms: breed and bred. That’s it; the past tense and participle forms are both bred.
What’s the Past Tense of Stick? Stick or Stuck?
January 16, 2023
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The verb stick has two forms: stick and stuck. Stick is the present tense; stuck is the past simple and the past participle form of the verb.