FAQs about verbs

Is it read or red?

The simple past tense of read is also spelled read, but instead of being pronounced [reed] it changes to [red]. This is also true for the past participle, used to form the perfect tenses and for the passive voice.

Read is an irregular verb, so it doesn’t add “-ed” to form the past tenses.

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Is readed a word?

No, “readed” is not a word. The irregular verb read has the simple past tense form and past participle read. Although it is spelled the same, it is pronounced differently.

The infinitive and present tense are pronounced [reed], and the past tense and past participle are pronounced [red].

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Is it teached or taught?

The past tense of the verb teach is taught. Teach is an irregular verb, so it doesn’t use the “-ed” ending for the past tenses.

Taught is both the simple past tense form and past participle. The past participle is used to form the perfect tenses (e.g., “I have taught English across the whole age range”) and the passive voice (e.g., “I think we have all been taught a lesson today”).

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Is taughted a word?

No, “taughted” is not a word in standard English. The simple past tense form and past participle of “teach” is “taught.”

“Teach” is an irregular verb, so it doesn’t add “-ed” to the infinitive to form the past tenses.

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Is teached a word?

No, “teached” isn’t a word in standard English. The past tense of the verb teach is taught. Teach is an irregular verb, and taught is both the simple past tense form and past participle.

You might occasionally encounter “teached” used humorously or as part of a dialect. But it is incorrect in formal writing.

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What does bit mean?

The word bit has a number of meanings. It is the simple past tense of bite, meaning “cut into with the teeth” or “have a (negative) impact on” (e.g., “The spending cuts were starting to bite”).

In American English, it can also be an alternative to bitten as the past participle of bite.

Bit is also a noun referring to a “small part of something” (e.g., “That’s our bit of land over there”) or “metal bar in a horse’s mouth attached to the reins” (e.g., “The horse was impatiently stomping its feet and chewing its bit”).

The phrase a bit can be used as an adverb meaning “somewhat” (e.g., “That’s a bit naughty”).

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What is the past participle of bite?

The past participle of the verb bite is bitten in both American and British English (e.g., “You could see the teeth marks where her baby brother had bitten her”).

In American English, you can also use the past participle bit (e.g., “Cal had bit down hard on a peach pit and broken his tooth”).

Bit is also used as the simple past tense of “bite.”

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Is bited a word?

No, “bited” is not a word in standard English. The simple past tense form of the verb bite is bit, and the past participle is bitten.

• The cat bited and scratched me.
• The cat bit and scratched me.

• The traffic congestion had bited into our time at the beach.
• The traffic congestion had bitten into our time at the beach.

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Is it sweated or sweat?

In most cases you can use sweated or sweat as the past tense and past participle of the verb sweat.

Most dictionaries allow either to be used, but some restrict sweat in the past tense to the physical phenomenon of perspiration (i.e., you can’t use sweat in the past tense to mean “work vigorously”).

Sweated is also an adjective that describes something that has been sweated (e.g., “Sweated onions are one of my favorite ingredients”).

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Is sweated a word?

Sweated is the past tense and past participle of the regular verb sweat. Some dictionaries allow sweat instead of sweated, making it an irregular verb.

Sweated can be used to mean “perspired” (e.g., “They sweated in the humid air”), or to mean “exerted a lot of effort” (e.g., “Jen and Sally sweated their revision for the finals”).

Sweated is also an adjective describing something that has been sweated (e.g., “The garlic and sweated onions should be mixed together”).

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