VERBONKSPlay freeHold past tense and past participlehold · held · held
The past participle (the 3rd form) of hold is held and the past simple is held. The three forms are hold, held, held. Not "holded"! hold is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Hold in a sentence
I held the puppy like a baby.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I hold · she holds |
| Present continuous | I am holding · they are holding |
| Past simple | I held · she held · they held |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't hold · she didn't hold |
| Past simple, question | Did you hold? · Did she hold? |
| Present perfect | I have held · she has held |
| Past perfect | I had held |
| Future | I will hold |
Common mistakes with hold
✗ I holded✓ I held✗ I didn't held✓ I didn't hold✗ Did you held?✓ Did you hold?✗ I have hold✓ I have held
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
hold significa sostener. Pasado: held. Participio: held.
🤪 hold runs with The Weirdos
each one is its own thing
The Weirdos don't belong to any family, so they made their own. find → found, tell → told, stand → stood, sit → sat, lose → lost. read is the strangest of all: it keeps the same spelling but changes its voice (reed → red). And lie? Its past is lay, which is also a different verb. Nobody trusts lie.
🔎 How to spot one: No shared rule. Each one has its own story, so meet them one by one.
This gang has no pattern: each verb has its own forms, so learn them one by one:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| find | found | found |
| tell | told | told |
| hold | held | held |
| stand | stood | stood |
| sit | sat | sat |
| lose | lost | lost |
| read | read | read |
| lie | lay | lain |
Questions about hold
What is the past tense of hold?
The past simple of "hold" is "held". Example: I held the puppy like a baby.
What is the past participle of hold?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "hold" is "held", as in "I have held".
What are the 3 forms of hold?
V1 hold, V2 held, V3 held.
Is hold a regular or an irregular verb?
"hold" is an irregular verb: the past is not "holded" but "held".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de hold?
"hold" significa "sostener". Pasado: held. Participio: held.