VERBONKSPlay freeHear past tense and past participlehear · heard · heard
The past participle (the 3rd form) of hear is heard and the past simple is heard. The three forms are hear, heard, heard. Not "heared"! hear is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Hear in a sentence
I heard a bonk from the kitchen.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I hear · she hears |
| Present continuous | I am hearing · they are hearing |
| Past simple | I heard · she heard · they heard |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't hear · she didn't hear |
| Past simple, question | Did you hear? · Did she hear? |
| Present perfect | I have heard · she has heard |
| Past perfect | I had heard |
| Future | I will hear |
Common mistakes with hear
✗ I heared✓ I heard✗ I didn't heard✓ I didn't hear✗ Did you heard?✓ Did you hear?✗ I have hear✓ I have heard
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
hear significa oír. Pasado: heard. Participio: heard.
💸 hear runs with The Paid Gang
pay · paid · paid
The Paid Gang had a dream: become good citizens and just add -ed. But they could only afford a -d. "Payed"? "Sayed"? Never. They squeeze in the cheap ending: pay → paid, say → said, make → made, have → had, hear → heard. Watch the y: in the past it turns into an i, like a bad disguise.
🔎 How to spot one: Past and participle are twins ending in -d. A y becomes an i: pay → paid.
Irregular verbs come in gangs that change the same way. Learn one and you can guess the rest of the gang:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| pay | paid | paid |
| say | said | said |
| lay | laid | laid |
| make | made | made |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
Questions about hear
What is the past tense of hear?
The past simple of "hear" is "heard". Example: I heard a bonk from the kitchen.
What is the past participle of hear?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "hear" is "heard", as in "I have heard".
What are the 3 forms of hear?
V1 hear, V2 heard, V3 heard.
Is hear a regular or an irregular verb?
"hear" is an irregular verb: the past is not "heared" but "heard".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de hear?
"hear" significa "oír". Pasado: heard. Participio: heard.