Past simple and past participle
bend
Bend is an irregular verb: its past simple is bent and its past participle is bent.
- Base form
- bend
- Past simple
- bent
- Past participle
- bent
- Definition
- Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.
- Example
- “The rising wind bent the long grass.”
- CEFR level
- B2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.