Did you spend or spent?
Table of Contents
- Did you spend or spent?
- Is spend spent in past tense?
- What is the past tense of spend?
- Is had spend correct?
- Is it spent or spend?
- What is the difference between spend and spent?
- How do you use spend in past tense?
- What is the present tense for spent?
- What are the three forms of spend?
- How do you use had?

Did you spend or spent?
Spend is an irregular verb meaning to use money to pay for something or to pass time in a particular manner or a particular place. Spent is the past and the past participle of spend.
Is spend spent in past tense?
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
What is the past tense of spend?
spent Indicative
simple pastⓘ past simple or preterit | |
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I | spent |
you | spent |
he, she, it | spent |
we | spent |
Is had spend correct?
Hi, He and I had spent the weekend at the zoo. This is correct, as long as you have a context in which you need to use the Past Perfect. In many contexts, the Simple Past should be used.
Is it spent or spend?
The verb "spend", meaning to use time, is a transitive verb i.e. it needs an object to make sense. You can say we spend an evening, not an evening spend/spends. However, you can say an evening is spent (by us) that's in the passive. So you can say an evening that is spent with friends or an evening spent with friends.
What is the difference between spend and spent?
Spent is the past and past participle of spend. Therefore, spend indicates a present action whereas spent indicates a past action. This can be discerned as the main difference between spend Example:- I've already spent my whole salary.
How do you use spend in past tense?
The past tense of spend is spent. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of spend is spends. The present participle of spend is spending. The past participle of spend is spent.
What is the present tense for spent?
spend Definitions and Synonyms
present tense | |
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he/she/it | spends |
present participle | spending |
past tense | spent |
past participle | spent |
What are the three forms of spend?
Conjugation of verb 'Spend'
Base Form (Infinitive): | To Spend |
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Past Simple: | Spent |
Past Participle: | Spent |
3rd Person Singular: | Spends |
Present Participle/Gerund: | Spending |
How do you use had?
When you need to talk about two things that happened in the past and one event started and finished before the other one started, place “had” before the main verb for the event that happened first. Here are some more examples of when to use “had” in a sentence: “Chloe had walked the dog before he fell asleep.”