Past simple and past participle
lead
Lead is an irregular verb: its past simple is led and its past participle is led.
- Base form
- lead
- Past simple
- led
- Past participle
- led
- Definition
- Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.
- Example
- “She emerged leading a bay horse.”
- CEFR level
- B1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.