Past simple and past participle
cost
Cost is an irregular verb: its past simple is cost and its past participle is cost.
- Base form
- cost
- Past simple
- cost
- Past participle
- cost
- Definition
- (Of an object or action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done.
- Example
- “Each issue of the magazine costs $2.25.”
- CEFR level
- A2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- All three forms are the same, like cut, cut, cut.