Now see whether you can change these present tense sentences into the past tense, thinking about the suffixes 'ing' and '-ed' and what they mean. You may have to change more than one word!

The form of the verb that goes with “have,” the past participle, can trip up a lot of English-language users. June Casagrande shows us where to find the right word in the dictionary.

One of the most common mix-ups you’ll see is “passed tense.” This is incorrect—you’re talking about things that happened in the past, so it’s the past tense.

But other “et” words, such as “let” and “set,” don’t add “ed” to their past tenses: “The new recruit has been let in on the company’s secret and set straight.” ...

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Liars must translate present-tense information into the past tense to simulate a truthful narrative.

In the past I have lain down. NPR’s and NBC’s posts should have both used the past tense of lie, lay: Yesterday, Ginsburg lay in state. You can find the past forms in your dictionary.