Past Tense Of Breed, Past Participle Form of Breed, Breed Bred V1 V2 V3
Table of Contents
Past Tense of Breed
We use the word ‘breed’ 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 meaning of this word is (of animals) mating and then producing offspring.
Base Form Examples
- Toads are said to return to the lake of their birth to breed.
V2 Past Simple
In the example below, you can see how the past form of the verb ‘breed’ is used. The V2 version of this verb is ‘bred’.
Examples
- Large numbers of horses, cows and sheep were bred.
Verb + Preposition IN List in English
Verb + Preposition ABOUT List in English
Verb + Preposition FOR List in English
Verb + Preposition FROM List in English
V3 Past Participle
The V2 and V3 forms of the word ‘breed’ are the same. The V3 version of this verb is ‘bred’. ‘Bred’ 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 breed as have + bred or has + bred. The subjects I, you, we are used with ‘have + bred’. The subjects he, she, it, are used with ‘has + bred’. If the Past Perfect Tense is in question, the use is ‘had + bred’ regardless of the subject this time.
Examples
- The trainer had really bred her very well but still failed the exams.
- I wanted to instruct him during the winter break, but his father had already bred him about dogs.
| 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 |
