What’s the Past Tense of Tear? Tore or Torn?
January 14, 2023
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To tear is the present tense; tore is the simple past tense. Torn is the past participle.
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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 Ride or Rode? Ridden?
January 13, 2023
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To ride is the present tense. Rode is the simple past, and ridden is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Rise? Rose or Risen?
January 13, 2023
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Rise is present simple tense. Rose is the past tense, and has risen is the participle form of the verb.
What’s the Past Tense of Tell?
January 13, 2023
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The verb tell has two forms: tell and told. Told is the past tense, and the past participle form of tell.
What’s The Past Tense of Bite? Bit or Bitten?
January 11, 2023
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Bite is present tense, bit is the simple past, and ‘bitten’ is the past participle verb form.
What is the Past Tense of Teach?
January 11, 2023
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The verb teach has two forms altogether: to teach (present tense), and taught (past tense and past participle form of the verb, teach).
Blew or Blown: Which is the Correct Past Tense of Blow?
January 10, 2023
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To ‘blow a bubble’, is the present simple tense. ‘I blew the job interview’, is the past simple, and ‘I’ve blown the opportunity,’ is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Catch? Catched or Caught?
January 10, 2023
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The verb catch has two forms, to catch, and caught, which is both the past tense and participle form of catch.
What’s the Past Tense of Win? (Win vs. Won)
January 10, 2023
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The verb, to win, is present tense. Win only has two forms: win and won. Won is the past simple and past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Write? Wrote or Written?
January 10, 2023
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Wrote is the simple past tense of write; written is the past participle verb form.