Past simple and past participle
tell
Tell is an irregular verb: its past simple is told and its past participle is told.
- Base form
- tell
- Past simple
- told
- Past participle
- told
- Definition
- Communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words.
- Example
- “I told her you were coming.”
- CEFR level
- A1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.