VERBONKSPlay freeGet past tense and past participleget · got · got
The past participle (the 3rd form) of get is got / gotten and the past simple is got. The three forms are get, got, got / gotten. Not "getted"! get is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Get in a sentence
I got a certificate. Very legit.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I get · she gets |
| Present continuous | I am getting · they are getting |
| Past simple | I got · she got · they got |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't get · she didn't get |
| Past simple, question | Did you get? · Did she get? |
| Present perfect | I have got · she has got |
| Past perfect | I had got |
| Future | I will get |
Common mistakes with get
✗ I getted✓ I got✗ I didn't got✓ I didn't get✗ Did you got?✓ Did you get?✗ I have get✓ I have got
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
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get significa conseguir, recibir. Pasado: got. Participio: got / gotten.
😎 get runs with The Rebel Bosses
no rules, just vibes
The Rebel Bosses ran this town before the rules were even written. They are the oldest families in English, and people use them every single day, so nobody ever forced them to fit in. Rumour says go stole its past, went, from a forgotten verb called "wend" and never gave it back. And be? It has two pasts, was and were, and nobody knows where it hid the loot.
🔎 How to spot one: No pattern at all. They are the most used verbs in English, so learn each one by heart.
This gang has no pattern: each verb has its own forms, so learn them one by one:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| go | went | gone |
| be | was / were | been |
| do | did | done |
| see | saw | seen |
| get | got | got / gotten |
Questions about get
What is the past tense of get?
The past simple of "get" is "got". Example: I got a certificate. Very legit.
What is the past participle of get?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "get" is "got / gotten", as in "I have got".
What are the 3 forms of get?
V1 get, V2 got, V3 got / gotten.
Is get a regular or an irregular verb?
"get" is an irregular verb: the past is not "getted" but "got".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de get?
"get" significa "conseguir, recibir". Pasado: got. Participio: got / gotten.