What’s the Past Tense of Seek? Seeked or Sought?
January 20, 2023
The verb seek only has one past tense form, sought. Sought is both the past tense and past participle of seek (present tense).
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What’s an Idiom? (List of 100+ Idioms in English)
January 19, 2023
Idioms are phrases particular to a language, where taken as a whole it means something different from the words in isolation.
What Are Auxiliary Verbs?
January 19, 2023
Auxiliary verbs (have/has) play a supporting role in sentences by joining participles to reflect tense/aspect/count/voice.
What Are Acronyms?
January 19, 2023
Acronyms are a type of abbreviation where each word in a series or phrase forms a single word that’s pronounced differently, like YOLO (You Only
What’s the Past Tense of Breed? Breeded or Bred?
January 17, 2023
The verb, breed, has two forms: breed and bred. That’s it; the past tense and participle forms are both bred.
What’s the Past Tense of Throw? Threw or Thrown?
January 16, 2023
Throw is the present tense. Threw is the simple past, and thrown is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of the Verb ‘Sting’?
January 16, 2023
Sting (not the man/singer, the verb) is the simple present. Stung is the past simple and past participle form of sting, (I was stung by
What’s the Past Tense of Steal? Stole or Stolen?
January 16, 2023
To steal (present tense), stole (simple past tense); and stolen (past participle).
What’s the Past Tense of Stick? Stick or Stuck?
January 16, 2023
The verb stick has two forms: stick and stuck. Stick is the present tense; stuck is the past simple and the past participle form of