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.
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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
Give, Gave, Given: What’s the Past Tense of Give?
March 9, 2023
Give is the present simple, gave is the past simple, and given is the past participle form of the verb. Read more to learn what
When to Use ‘A’ or ‘An’ (What’s an Article?)
March 8, 2023
When to use a/an is determined by sound. Use ‘a’ when the noun starts with a consonant. Use ‘an’ when the noun begins with a
What is the Present Tense? (Forms of the Present Tense)
March 8, 2023
Want to make tense, sense? The present tense has 4 main forms: the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. Learn more
What is the Past Tense? (Forms of the Past Tense)
March 8, 2023
The past tense is divided into 4 groups, all of which depict an action as occuring at a point or period of time in the