What’s the Past Tense of Deal? Deal vs. Dealt
January 9, 2023
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To deal (simple present tense), dealt (simple past) have/has/had dealt (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 Bend? Bended or Bent?
January 9, 2023
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To bend has two verb forms, ‘bend’ is the present tense, and ‘bent’ is the past simple and past participle of bend.
What’s the Past Tense of Go?
January 9, 2023
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To go is in the present tense. Went is the past simple tense, and ‘have gone’ is the past participle of go.
What’s the Past Tense of Make? Make or Made?
January 9, 2023
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The verb ‘to make’ has two forms altogether: make and made. Make is the present tense, and made is the past tense, and past participle form of make.
What’s the Past Tense of See?
January 9, 2023
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See is the present tense, saw is the past tense and seen is the past participle verb form.
What’s the Past Tense of Shrink? Shrank vs. Shrunk
January 8, 2023
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Shrink is the present tense, shrank is the simple past, and shrunk is the past participle.
Spoke or Spoken? What’s the Past Tense of Speak?
January 8, 2023
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To speak is the present simple tense. Spoke is the simple past tense of speak, and ‘have/had/had spoken’ is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Come? Come or Came?
January 7, 2023
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Come is the present tense and past participle form of the verb. Came is the past simple tense of come.
What’s the Past Tense of Lend? Lent, Lend or Lended?
January 7, 2023
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The present tense verb ‘to lend’ only has one past tense and past participle verb form, which is lent.
What’s the Past Tense of Sink? Sank vs. Sunk?
January 7, 2023
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Sink is simple present, sank is the simple past tense; sunk is the past participle.