What’s the Past Tense of Lying Down? Lay down or Laid down?
July 24, 2023
The past tense of lie down is lay down, and the past participle is lain. The past tense of lay (something) down on (something) is
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What’s the Past Tense of Weep? Weeped or Wept?
July 12, 2023
Hopefully you haven’t wept over not knowing the past tense of weep. Here’s a hint, it’s in the previous sentence: wept and had wept are
What’s the Past Tense of Forget? Forgot, Forgotten?
May 30, 2023
The verb forget has three main forms: forget (present), forgot (past) and forgotten (past participle). Read this post to refresh your memory on the verb,
What is the Past Tense of Forbid? Forbid, Forbade, Forbidden.
May 30, 2023
Forbid has three verb forms: forbid, forbade, and forbidden. Forbade is the simple past tense, and forbidden is the past participle form of the verb.
What’s the Past Tense of Swing?
April 17, 2023
The present tense verb, swing, is an irregular verb with one past form, i.e., swung.
What’s the Past Tense of Shine? Shined or Shone?
April 16, 2023
To shine, intransitively, has shone as a past tense. Shined is the past tense of the transitive verb, to shine a light on something.
Is it Spit or Spat, Paddy Whack? What’s the Past Tense of Spit?
March 21, 2023
Does he spit rhymes or spat rhymes? What’s the past tense of spit? The answer is spat.
Know, Knew, Known: Which is the Correct the Past Tense?
March 11, 2023
‘Know’ is the present tense, ‘knew’ is the past tense form, and ‘had/have known’ is the past participle form of the verb.
What’s the Past Tense of Begin?
March 11, 2023
What’s the past tense of “begin”? The word (and verb) to begin (present tense), means “to start doing something; to do the first part of