What’s the Past Tense of Stink? Stank vs Stunk
January 7, 2023
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To stink is the present tense, whereas stank is the past simple tense. Stunk is the past participle form of the verb, stink.
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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 Swim? Swam vs. Swum
January 7, 2023
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To swim is in the present tense. Swam is in the past tense, and had/have/has swum is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Hit?
January 7, 2023
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Hit is an irregular verb with one form: the past tense and past participle of hit are just hit.
Is it Rang or Rung? What’s the Past Tense of Ring?
January 5, 2023
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To ring someone, as in ‘phone a friend’, is the present tense. Rang is the past tense, and rung is the past participle.
Drank or Drunk? What’s the Past Tense of Drink?
January 5, 2023
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Drink is an irregular verb with three forms: drank is past tense, and drunk is the past participle of the present tense verb, to drink.
What’s the Past Tense of Sing? Sang or Sung?
January 5, 2023
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Sing is the simple present, sang is the standard simple past tense, and sung is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Meet?
January 4, 2023
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The past tense and past participle forms of the verb meet are the same: both are met.
What’s the Past Tense of Read?
January 2, 2023
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The present, past tense and past participle forms of read are all read, though the past tense forms are pronounced differently.
What’s the Past Tense of Spill? Spilled vs Spilt
January 1, 2023
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By and large, spilled is favoured in American English as both the past tense and past participle. British English, as you may have suspected, prefers spilt, also for both.
What’s the Past Tense of Spoil? Spoiled or Spoilt?
January 1, 2023
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The preferred past tense in either case appears to be spoiled. In UK English, spoilt is also accepted as a past participle form.