Past simple and past participle
alight
Alight is an irregular verb: its past simple is alit and its past participle is alit.
- Base form
- alight
- Past simple
- alit
- Past participle
- alit
- Definition
- Descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport.
- Example
- “He was the only passenger to alight from the train.”
- CEFR level
- C1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.