FAQs about verbs

What does skied mean?

Skied is the past tense of ski (e.g., “We skied in Colorado last year”).

“Skied” is also the past tense of “sky,” which means “launch high into the air” in the context of sports (e.g., She skied the ball to right field”).

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Is it skiid or skied?

The past tense of ski is skied, not skiid.

“Skied” (with one “i” and “-ed”) is the simple past tense and past participle form of the regular verb “ski” (e.g., “He skied in Colorado last year,” “He has never skied in the Wasatch Mountains”).

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Is it skied or skiied?

The past tense of ski is skied, not skiied.

“Skied” (with one “i”) is the simple past tense and past participle form of the verb “ski” (e.g., “She skied at Vail last year,” “She has never skied at Park City”).

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Is lended a word?

No, lended is not a word. The past tense of lend is “lent,” not “lended.”

“Lent” is the simple past tense and past participle form of the verb “lend” (e.g., “I forgot to bring a towel but Kim lent me one,” “Kim has lent me one”).

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Is it loaned or lent?

Loaned is the past tense of “loan” and lent is the past tense of lend (i.e., The simple past tense and past participle forms of these verbs).

You can use both “loan” and “lend” as verbs to mean “give something to someone for a limited time” (e.g., “Grabriel loaned/lent me his copy of the book”).

“Loan” is often the preferred choice of verb in the context of money and finances (e.g., “The bank loaned her the money).

Some usage manuals recommend using “loan” only as a noun (e.g., “She took out a bank loan”) and using “lend” instead of “loan” as a verb (e.g., “She lent her daughter the money”).

It is more common to use “loan” as a verb in American English than it is in British English.

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Is it lended or lent?

The correct past tense of lend is lent, not lended.

“Lent” is the simple past tense form of the verb “lend” (e.g, “I didn’t have a pen but the teacher lent me one”). “Lent” is also the past participle form of “lend” (e.g., “The teacher has lent me a pen”).

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Is has a verb?

Yes, has is a verb. It is the third-person singular form of the verb “have.” It can be used as the main verb in a sentence (e.g., “He has three tickets”).

Has is also used as an auxiliary verb in perfect verb tenses (e.g., “She has walked three miles so far”).

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Is and a verb?

And is a coordinating conjunction, not a verb. It is used to link equal parts of speech to each other (e.g., two nouns, two adjectives). So, it can be used to link two verbs (e.g., “We ate and drank”), but it is not a verb.

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What is a progressive verb?

A progressive verb is used to show ongoing or continuous action. It is created by combining a form of the linking verb “be” with the present participle (i.e., the “-ing” form of the verb).

The progressive form is used in the following verb tenses:

• Present progressive (“I am walking“)
• Past progressive (“I was walking“)
• Future progressive (“I will be walking“)
• Present perfect progressive (“I have been walking“)
• Past perfect progressive (“I had been walking“)
• Future perfect progressive (“I will have been walking“)

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What’s the meaning of spread thin?

You say that you’ve spread yourself too thin when you’re trying to do too many things at the same time and therefore can’t do any of them as well as you would like.

When using the phrase “spread yourself too thin” in different tenses, bear in mind that the past tense of spread is also “spread,” not “spreaded” (i.e., the simple past tense and past participle forms of “spread” are both “spread”).

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