Past Tense Of See, Past Participle Form of See, V1 V2 V3
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Past Tense of See
In English, the verb ‘see ‘ is used in the sense of grasping something with the eye. It is used as ‘sees’ with’ he, she, it and ‘see’ with other subjects. We use the auxiliary verb ‘don’t’ when making this verb negative. It is used as ‘doesn’t see’ with he, she, it, and ‘don’t see’ with other subjects.
Base Form Examples
- They see with your eyes.
- Tomas doesn’t see your jean.
- Do you see this pen?
V2 Past Simple
The V2 version of the verb ‘see’ is used as ‘saw’. It is used in the same way as all subjects. It is used as ‘did not see’ in the negative sentence and ‘did see’ in the question sentence.
Examples
- They both saw her mother.
- Melissa didn’t see the teacher yesterday?
- Did they see the students?
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
Since the verb ‘see’ is irregular, the V3 version used in conjunction with perfect tense is known as ‘seen’. V3 is valid in times when verb forms are used, which are different from the past tense but can often be confused.
Examples
- Billy has seen a mouse once.
- You haven’t seen Tomas in 3 months.
- Have you seen her computer?
V1Base Form | V2Simple Past | V3Past 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 |