FAQs about verbs

Is thinked a word?

Thinked is not a word in standard English. The past tense of the verb think is thought. As an irregular verb, think doesn’t follow the usual pattern of adding “-ed” to form the past tense or past participle.

• I went away and thinked about it.
• I went away and thought about it.

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Is it seeked or sought?

Seeked is not a word in standard English. Regular verbs in English form the past tense and past participle by adding “-ed” to the infinitive. Seek is an irregular verb and instead uses the form sought for both the past tense and past participle.

• I seeked to find a quick way out of the situation.
• I sought to find a quick way out of the situation.

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Is soughted a word?

Soughted is not a word in English. The verb seek has the past tense form and past participle sought. “Soughted” is a mistaken attempt to add “-ed” (i.e., the way regular verbs form the past tense) to a verb that is already in the past tense form.

• Deanne soughted to please everyone.
• Deanne sought to please everyone.

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Is seeked a word?

Seeked is not a word in standard English. Because seek is an irregular verb, it doesn’t follow the pattern of adding “-ed” to the infinitive to form the past tense.

The simple past and past participle of seek are both sought.

• Where they seeked, they found.
• Where they sought, they found.

• Vanya had seeked to finish on time but failed.
• Vanya had sought to finish on time but failed.

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Is weared a word?

Weared is not a word in standard English except in sailing, when wear means “change tack by bringing the stern around.” The simple past of wear is wore, and the past participle is worn.

You might encounter “weared” in informal circumstances, but it is almost certain to be incorrect.

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Is wored a word?

Wored is not a word in standard English. For the verb wear, the simple past is wore and the past participle is worn.

You might find “wored” in nonstandard dialects, or used for humor, but it is not correct in formal English.

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What is the past tense of wear clothes?

The past tense of wear clothes is wore clothes in the simple past. The past participle of wear is worn, and it is used for perfect tenses (e.g., “Pete had worn the same suit to every wedding for 10 years”) and the passive voice (e.g., “The clothes hadn’t been worn all winter and smelled musty”).

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Is it lied down or laid down?

The phrase “lied down” is never correct, and “laid down” is only correct if there is a direct object of the verb (e.g., “He laid down the first course of bricks before night fell.”).

Laid is the simple past tense and past participle of the verb “lay” which means “place something or someone in a horizontal position” (e.g., “Suzi made sure she had laid the tiles carefully, as mistakes would be costly”).

This form should not be confused with the verb lay, which is the simple past tense of lie, meaning “be in a horizontal position” (e.g., “I lay down and fell asleep”).

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Is it lyed or lied?

The simple past tense of the verb lie, meaning “tell an untruth,” is lied.

The simple past tense of lie meaning “place yourself in a horizontal position” is “lay.”

“Lyed” can be used as an adjective that means “prepared with lye,” but it is uncommon.

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What is the past tense of lie down?

The simple past tense of lie is “lay.” So the past tense of the phrasal verb lie down is lay down (e.g., “Little Timmy came in and lay down on the sofa”).

“Lay” is also the infinitive form of another verb meaning “put down gently.” However, while “lie” (and its past tense form “lay”) is never accompanied by a direct object, “lay” (meaning “put down”) is transitive, so it is always accompanied by a direct object.

The simple past tense of the phrasal verb  “lay down,” meaning “put down” or “enforce,” is “laid down” (e.g., “Asmita laid down the rules for the camp”) because “laid” is the past tense of lay.

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