VERBONKSPlay freeGrow past tense and past participlegrow · grew · grown
The past participle (the 3rd form) of grow is grown and the past simple is grew. The three forms are grow, grew, grown. Not "growed"! grow is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Grow in a sentence
The puppy grew into a big chubby dog.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I grow · she grows |
| Present continuous | I am growing · they are growing |
| Past simple | I grew · she grew · they grew |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't grow · she didn't grow |
| Past simple, question | Did you grow? · Did she grow? |
| Present perfect | I have grown · she has grown |
| Past perfect | I had grown |
| Future | I will grow |
Common mistakes with grow
✗ I growed✓ I grew✗ I didn't grew✓ I didn't grow✗ Did you grew?✓ Did you grow?✗ I have grew✓ I have grown
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
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grow significa crecer, cultivar. Pasado: grew. Participio: grown.
🌬️ grow 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 grow
What is the past tense of grow?
The past simple of "grow" is "grew". Example: The puppy grew into a big chubby dog.
What is the past participle of grow?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "grow" is "grown", as in "I have grown".
What are the 3 forms of grow?
V1 grow, V2 grew, V3 grown.
Is grow a regular or an irregular verb?
"grow" is an irregular verb: the past is not "growed" but "grew".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de grow?
"grow" significa "crecer, cultivar". Pasado: grew. Participio: grown.