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 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).
Bleed is in the present tense. Bled is the simple past and the past participle.
Bring is the present tense. Brought is both the past tense and past participle.
To build is in the present tense. Built is both the past tense and the past participle of build.
Sleep is in the present tense. Slept is both the simple past tense and past participle of the verb, to sleep.
To draw is in the present tense; whereas drew is the simple past, and drawn is the past participle (in all contexts).
The simple past tense of drive (rhymes with hive) is drove (rhymes with trove). Driven is the past participle.
Fall is in the present tense. Fell is the simple past, and fallen is the past participle.
To fly is the present tense. Flew is the simple past, and flown is the past participle.
Choose (pronounced like chews) is in the present. Chose is the simple past tense, and chosen is the past participle.
To eat is the base verb (present simple). Ate is the past tense, and eaten is the past participle.