Past simple and past participle
plead
Plead is an irregular verb: its past simple is pled and its past participle is pled.
- Base form
- plead
- Past simple
- pled
- Past participle
- pled
- Definition
- Make an emotional appeal.
- Example
- “Don't go, she pleaded.”
- 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.