VERBONKSPlay freeFly past tense and past participlefly · flew · flown
The past participle (the 3rd form) of fly is flown and the past simple is flew. The three forms are fly, flew, flown. Not "flied"! fly is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Fly in a sentence
A pigeon flew into the classroom.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I fly · she flies |
| Present continuous | I am flying · they are flying |
| Past simple | I flew · she flew · they flew |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't fly · she didn't fly |
| Past simple, question | Did you fly? · Did she fly? |
| Present perfect | I have flown · she has flown |
| Past perfect | I had flown |
| Future | I will fly |
Common mistakes with fly
✗ I flied✓ I flew✗ I didn't flew✓ I didn't fly✗ Did you flew?✓ Did you fly?✗ I have flew✓ I have flown
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
❓ Test yourself: 10-question quizEn español
fly significa volar. Pasado: flew. Participio: flown.
🌬️ fly runs with The Blown Away Gang
ow → ew → own
Something blew through this neighbourhood, and every witness tells the same story. In the past the suspects whistled "ew": blew, knew, grew, threw, flew, drew. In the participle they left an -n behind: blown, known, grown, thrown, flown, drawn. show is the double agent: showed in the past, shown in the participle.
🔎 How to spot one: The past ends in -ew. The participle ends in -n.
Irregular verbs come in gangs that change the same way. Learn one and you can guess the rest of the gang:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| blow | blew | blown |
| know | knew | known |
| grow | grew | grown |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| fly | flew | flown |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| show | showed | shown / showed |
Questions about fly
What is the past tense of fly?
The past simple of "fly" is "flew". Example: A pigeon flew into the classroom.
What is the past participle of fly?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "fly" is "flown", as in "I have flown".
What are the 3 forms of fly?
V1 fly, V2 flew, V3 flown.
Is fly a regular or an irregular verb?
"fly" is an irregular verb: the past is not "flied" but "flew".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de fly?
"fly" significa "volar". Pasado: flew. Participio: flown.