VERBONKSPlay freeMake past tense and past participlemake · made · made
The past participle (the 3rd form) of make is made and the past simple is made. The three forms are make, made, made. Not "maked"! make is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Make in a sentence
Grandma made empanadas for the whole street.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I make · she makes |
| Present continuous | I am making · they are making |
| Past simple | I made · she made · they made |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't make · she didn't make |
| Past simple, question | Did you make? · Did she make? |
| Present perfect | I have made · she has made |
| Past perfect | I had made |
| Future | I will make |
Common mistakes with make
✗ I maked✓ I made✗ I didn't made✓ I didn't make✗ Did you made?✓ Did you make?✗ I have make✓ I have made
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
make significa hacer, fabricar. Pasado: made. Participio: made.
💸 make 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 make
What is the past tense of make?
The past simple of "make" is "made". Example: Grandma made empanadas for the whole street.
What is the past participle of make?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "make" is "made", as in "I have made".
What are the 3 forms of make?
V1 make, V2 made, V3 made.
Is make a regular or an irregular verb?
"make" is an irregular verb: the past is not "maked" but "made".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de make?
"make" significa "hacer, fabricar". Pasado: made. Participio: made.