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What is the Past Tense of Teach?

In English grammar, many common verbs are 'Irregular', meaning they don't follow the normal rule of adding '-ed' at the end to make the past tense. The verb Teach is one of these irregular verbs.

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What is the past tense of teach?

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The past tense (V2 form) of the verb 'teach' is 'taught'. The past participle (V3 form) is also 'taught'. The word 'teached' is grammatically incorrect.

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Key Facts

Verb: Teach (рдкрдврд╝рд╛рдирд╛).

Past Tense (V2): Taught.

Past Participle (V3): Taught.

Common Mistake: Never write 'teached'.

The Past Tense of Teach

The verb 'Teach' means to give lessons or show someone how to do something (рдкрдврд╝рд╛рдирд╛ рдпрд╛ рд╕рд┐рдЦрд╛рдирд╛).

  • Base Form (V1): Teach
  • Past Tense (V2): Taught (рдЙрдЪреНрдЪрд╛рд░рдг: рдЯреЙрдЯ)
  • Past Participle (V3): Taught

Important Note: The word 'Teached' DOES NOT EXIST in the English dictionary. It is a very common grammatical mistake. Always use 'Taught'.

Sentence Examples

  1. Present (V1): I teach English at the local school. (рдореИрдВ рд╕реНрдерд╛рдиреАрдп рд╕реНрдХреВрд▓ рдореЗрдВ рдЕрдВрдЧреНрд░реЗрдЬреА рдкрдврд╝рд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реВрдБред)
  2. Past (V2): My father taught me how to ride a bicycle yesterday. (рдореЗрд░реЗ рдкрд┐рддрд╛ рдиреЗ рдХрд▓ рдореБрдЭреЗ рд╕рд╛рдЗрдХрд┐рд▓ рдЪрд▓рд╛рдирд╛ рд╕рд┐рдЦрд╛рдпрд╛ред)
  3. Perfect (V3): She has taught in this college for ten years. (рд╡рд╣ рджрд╕ рд╡рд░реНрд╖реЛрдВ рд╕реЗ рдЗрд╕ рдХреЙрд▓реЗрдЬ рдореЗрдВ рдкрдврд╝рд╛ рдЪреБрдХреА рд╣реИрдВред)

Questions and Answers

What is the past tense of teach?+

The past tense (V2 form) of the verb 'teach' is 'taught'. The past participle (V3 form) is also 'taught'. The word 'teached' is grammatically incorrect.

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