Past Tense Of Slay, Past Participle Form of Slay, Slay Slew Slain V1 V2 V3

Past Tense Of Slay, Past Participle Form of Slay, Slay Slew Slain V1 V2 V3

Past Tense of Slay

We use the word ‘slay’ 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 killing (a person or animal) in a violent way. In addition, this word is also used in some cases to remove its freshness, resurrection, or hardness.

Base Form Examples

• How could any human be so cruel to slay a baby?

V2 Past Simple

In the example, you can see how the past form of the ‘slay’ is used. The V2 version of this verb is ‘slew’.

Examples

• Oscar slew the sheep.
• Then they slew many innocent people.

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V3 Past Participle

The V3 version of this word is different from the V1 and V2 forms. The V3 version of this verb is ‘slain’. ‘Slain’ 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 slay as have + slain or has + slain. The subjects I, you, we are used with ‘have + slain’. The subjects he, she, it are used with ‘has +slain’. If the Past Perfect Tense is in question, the use is ‘had+slain’ regardless of the subject this time.

Examples

• The people had been slain by the volcanicity.
• Two English tourists had been slain.