VERBONKSPlay freeHide past tense and past participlehide · hid · hidden
The past participle (the 3rd form) of hide is hidden and the past simple is hid. The three forms are hide, hid, hidden. Not "hided"! hide is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Hide in a sentence
I hid the remote from my brother.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I hide · she hides |
| Present continuous | I am hiding · they are hiding |
| Past simple | I hid · she hid · they hid |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't hide · she didn't hide |
| Past simple, question | Did you hide? · Did she hide? |
| Present perfect | I have hidden · she has hidden |
| Past perfect | I had hidden |
| Future | I will hide |
Common mistakes with hide
✗ I hided✓ I hid✗ I didn't hid✓ I didn't hide✗ Did you hid?✓ Did you hide?✗ I have hid✓ I have hidden
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
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hide significa esconder. Pasado: hid. Participio: hidden.
✍️ hide runs with The Written Gang
write · wrote · written
The Written Gang leaves notes everywhere, and the notes always follow the same plan. A long i in the present (write, drive, ride), an o in the past (wrote, drove, rode, arose), and -en in the participle: written, driven, ridden, arisen. bite and hide are the sneaky ones. They skip the o: bit, bitten. hid, hidden.
🔎 How to spot one: i → o → i + en. Many double their last letter: written, ridden, bitten, hidden.
Irregular verbs come in gangs that change the same way. Learn one and you can guess the rest of the gang:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| write | wrote | written |
| drive | drove | driven |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| hide | hid | hidden |
Questions about hide
What is the past tense of hide?
The past simple of "hide" is "hid". Example: I hid the remote from my brother.
What is the past participle of hide?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "hide" is "hidden", as in "I have hidden".
What are the 3 forms of hide?
V1 hide, V2 hid, V3 hidden.
Is hide a regular or an irregular verb?
"hide" is an irregular verb: the past is not "hided" but "hid".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de hide?
"hide" significa "esconder". Pasado: hid. Participio: hidden.