What Are Verb Tenses? (Past, Present and Future)
December 22, 2022
Verb tenses are points in time. The word tense comes from the Latin tempus, “a portion of time”.
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What’s a Participle? (Present Participle vs. Past Participles)
December 21, 2022
Participles are part verbs and part adjectives (by sometimes modifying nouns) in sentences.
What’s the Past Tense of Break? (Break, Broke, Broken?)
December 20, 2022
The simple past tense of ‘break’ (rhymes with wake) is broke (rhymes with woke). The past participle is broken (rhymes with woken).
What’s the Past Tense of Do?
December 19, 2022
To do and does are both present tense. Did is past tense for all subjects, and done is the past participle (also for all subjects).
What’s the Past Tense of Sleep? Sleeped or Slept?
December 18, 2022
Sleep is in the present tense. Slept is both the simple past tense and past participle of the verb, to sleep.
What’s the Past Tense of Build? Build or Built?
December 18, 2022
To build is in the present tense. Built is both the past tense and the past participle of build.
What’s the Past Tense of Bring? Brung or Brought?
December 18, 2022
Bring is the present tense. Brought is both the past tense and past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Bleed? Bleeded or Bled?
December 18, 2022
Bleed is in the present tense. Bled is the simple past and the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Fly? Flew or Flown?
December 17, 2022
To fly is the present tense. Flew is the simple past, and flown is the past participle.