What’s the Past Tense of Wear?
January 15, 2023
To wear is the present tense; wore is the past tense, and worn is the past participle form of the verb.
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What’s the Past Tense of Lose?
January 15, 2023
The past tense and past participle forms of the verb lose are both lost.
What’s the Past Tense of Tear? Tore or Torn?
January 14, 2023
To tear is the present tense; tore is the simple past tense. Torn is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Hide? Is it Hid or Hidden?
January 14, 2023
To hide is the present tense. Hid is the simple past, and hidden is the participle form of the verb hide.
What’s the Past Tense of Freeze? Froze or Frozen?
January 14, 2023
To freeze is the present, froze is the past, and had frozen is the past participle form of the verb freeze.
Take, Took, or Taken: What’s the Correct Past Tense of Take?
January 14, 2023
Taken (not the Liam Neeson movie) is the past participle form of take. Take is the present tense, and took is the past tense.
Is it Sped or Speeded? What’s the Past Tense of Speed?
January 14, 2023
Both sped and speeded are accepted past tense and past participle forms of the verb speed, though sped is the preferred past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Buy? Brought or Bought?
January 14, 2023
The verb buy has two forms: buy and bought. Bought is the past tense and past participle form of buy.
What’s the Past Tense of Tell?
January 13, 2023
The verb tell has two forms: tell and told. Told is the past tense, and the past participle form of tell.