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.
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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.
What’s the Past Tense of Fall? Fell or Fallen?
December 17, 2022
Fall is in the present tense. Fell is the simple past, and fallen is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Drive? Drove or Driven?
December 17, 2022
The simple past tense of drive (rhymes with hive) is drove (rhymes with trove). Driven is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Draw? Draw, Drew, or Drawn?
December 17, 2022
To draw is in the present tense; whereas drew is the simple past, and drawn is the past participle (in all contexts).
What’s the Past Tense of Eat? Ate or Eaten?
December 16, 2022
To eat is the base verb (present simple). Ate is the past tense, and eaten is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Choose? Chose or Chosen?
December 16, 2022
Choose (pronounced like chews) is in the present. Chose is the simple past tense, and chosen is the past participle.