What’s the Past Tense of Fly? Flew or Flown?
To fly is the present tense. Flew is the simple past, and flown is the past participle.
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What’s the past tense of sleep? Or wake, ride, bite, write and draw? Each verb has its corresponding present, past and future tenses (altogether, there are 12 tenses in English).
If you need clarification on the tenses and the various verb forms, look no further. But make no mistake: verb tenses in English are confusing. Listen closely, and you’ll hear how they’re constantly confused. That said, understanding the correct conjugations of different tenses, and what the different tenses mean is integral to understanding the structure of language as a whole.
There are 4 past tenses (the simple past, the past continuous, the past perfect and the past perfect continuous tense).
Is it Cancelled or Canceled?
Is cancelled one L or two? Does it have something to do with which side of the pond you’re from? You guessed it.
Is it Lay Down or Lie Down? (Lie, Lay, or Laid?)
To lay down is transitive and uses a sentence object (receiver of an action). To lie down is to be in a horizontal position, and is intransitive.
What’s the Past Tense of Lead?
The past tense of the transitive verb ‘to lead’, is ‘led’ (rhymed with fed).
What’s the Past Tense of Drive? Drove or Driven?
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 Bleed? Bleeded or Bled?
Bleed is in the present tense. Bled is the simple past and the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Burn? Burned or Burnt?
Burned and burnt are both past tenses of the verb “burn”. British English prefers burnt, whereas American English uses burned.
What’s the Past Tense of Lean? Leaned or Leant?
Lean, which is an intransitive verb, accepts both leaned and leant as its past tense and past participle forms.
What’s the Past Tense of Meet?
The past tense and past participle forms of the verb meet are the same: both are met.
What’s the Past Tense of Come? Come or Came?
Come is the present tense and past participle form of the verb. Came is the past simple tense of come.
