Past Tense Of Try, Past Participle Form of Try, Try Tried V1 V2 V3
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Past Tense of Try
We use the word ‘try’ 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
It means testing and experimenting with a person, an object, or a thought to understand the rate, the value of something, to see if it carries the desired quality, characteristic. It also means starting a job, an action, with a goal to achieve, making an attempt.
Base Form Examples
- You have to try harder to achieve your goal.
V2 Past Simple
The V2 form of the verb try is used as ‘tried’. Also, this word is used in the same way as all subjects.
Examples
- I tried to go out last night, but I could not.
- My family tried to open my home door.
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V3 Past Participle
Since the verb try is regular, the V3 form used in conjunction with Perfect Tenses is used as ‘tried’, as is the V2 form. Tried 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 try as ‘have + tried’ or ‘has + tried’. The subjects I, you, we are used as ‘have + tried’. The subjects he, she, it, are used as ‘has + tried’. If the Past Perfect Tense is in question, the use is ‘had + tried’ regardless of the subject this time.
Examples
- We have tried to get rid of corruption
- We’ve tried to address this existential itch
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 |