Past simple and past participle
swell
Swell is an irregular verb: its past simple is swelled and its past participle is swollen.
- Base form
- swell
- Past simple
- swelled
- Past participle
- swollen
- Definition
- (Especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.
- Example
- “Her bruised knee was already swelling up.”
- CEFR level
- B2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.