Past simple and past participle
cling
Cling is an irregular verb: its past simple is clung and its past participle is clung.
- Base form
- cling
- Past simple
- clung
- Past participle
- clung
- Definition
- Hold on tightly to.
- Example
- “She clung to Joe's arm.”
- CEFR level
- C2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.