What’s the Past Tense of Spell? Spelled or Spelt?
Unless referring to the ancient and hulled wheat, the past tense of the verb spell is spelt and spelled.
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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).
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 Dream? Dreamed or Dreamt?
American English prefers dreamed as the past tense and past participle form of dream (present tense). British English prefers dreamt as the past and past participle form.
Learned or Learnt? What’s the Past Tense of Learn?
US English prefers learned as the past tense of learn. Learnt is the original past tense, and commonly accepted worldwide.
What’s the Past Tense of Leap? Leaped or Leapt?
Leaped and leapt are both correct past tense and past participles of the verb leap, (which is present tense).
What’s the Past Tense of Smell? Smelled or Smelt?
Both smelled and smelt are accepted past forms of the present tense verb, to smell. Smelled is the American preference, whereas spelt is preferred in UK.
What’s the Past Tense of Break? (Break, Broke, Broken?)
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?
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).