Past Tense Of Smell, Past Participle Form of Smell, Smell Smelled Smelt V1 V2 V3

Past Tense Of Smell, Past Participle Form of Smell, Smell Smelled Smelt V1 V2 V3

Past Tense of Smell

We use the word ‘smell’ 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 perceiving or detecting the odor or scent of (something). A special feeling that particles that are emitted from objects and mixed into the air form in the nerves on the nasal membrane, which it awakens, something that is felt by the air received, through the nose, perceived by the sense.

Base Form Examples

• Babies smell good.

V2 Past Simple

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

Examples

• Christian smelled something burning.
• Kate smelled the wet dog.

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

Examples

• Jacob had smelt the sweater of his mother and then cried.
• Elizabeth had smelt her children’s scent.

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