Past Tense Of Bend, Past Participle Form of Bend, Bend Bent V1 V2 V3
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Past Tense of Bend
We use the word ‘bend’ very often in our daily life. In this post, we will examine the details of this widely used expression. If you are ready, let’s start!
Meaning
The first meaning of this word is shaping or forcing (something straight) into a curve or angle. Another meaning of this word is (of a person) inclining the body down from the vertical.
Base Form Examples
- The rising wind will bend the long plants.
V2 Past Simple
In the example below, you can see how the past form of the verb ‘bend’ is used. The V2 version of this verb is ‘bent’.
Examples
- I bent over my table.
- When I was little, my mother was such a strong woman that she bent everything.
Verb + Preposition IN List in English
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V3 Past Participle
The V2 and V3 forms of the word ‘bend’ are the same. The V3 version of this verb is ‘bent’. ‘Bent’ is used in the case of Past Perfect Tense or Present Perfect Tense. If the question is in the present perfect tense, we use the word bend as ‘have + bent’ or ‘has + bent’. The subjects I, you, we are used with ‘have + bent’. The subjects he, she, it, are used with ‘has + bent’. If the Past Perfect Tense is in question, the use is ‘had + bent’ regardless of the subject this time.
Examples
- They had bent the iron.
- John had bent down and stared at her.
V1 Base Form | V2 Simple Past | V3 Past Participle |
be | was, were | been |
beat | beat | beaten |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bend | bent | bent |
bet | bet | bet |
bid | bid | bid |
bite | bit | bitten |
break | broke | broken |
bring | brought | brought |
buy | bought | bought |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
come | came | come |
cost | cost | cost |
cut | cut | cut |
dig | dug | dug |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
drive | drove | driven |
drink | drank | drunk |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
fly | flew | flown |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
forgive | forgave | forgiven |
freeze | froze | frozen |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grow | grew | grown |
hang | hung | hung |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hide | hid | hidden |
hit | hit | hit |
hold | held | held |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
V1Base Form | V2Simple Past | V3Past Participle |
keep | kept | kept |
know | knew | known |
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
lie | lay | lain |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
pay | paid | paid |
put | put | put |
read | read | read |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
shut | shut | shut |
sink | sank | sunk |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spend | spent | spent |
stand | stood | stood |
stink | stank | stunk |
swim | swam | swum |
take | took | taken |
teach | taught | taught |
tear | tore | torn |
tell | told | told |
wake | woke | woken |
wear | wore | worn |
win | won | won |
write | wrote | written |