VERBONKSPlay freeSet past tense and past participleset · set · set
The past participle (the 3rd form) of set is set and the past simple is set. The three forms are set, set, set. Not "setted"! set is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Set in a sentence
I set my alarm and ignored it.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I set · she sets |
| Present continuous | I am setting · they are setting |
| Past simple | I set · she set · they set |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't set · she didn't set |
| Past simple, question | Did you set? · Did she set? |
| Present perfect | I have set · she has set |
| Past perfect | I had set |
| Future | I will set |
Common mistakes with set
✗ I setted✓ I set
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
set significa poner, fijar. Pasado: set. Participio: set.
😴 set runs with The Lazy Gang
cut · cut · cut
Nobody has ever seen the Lazy Gang change clothes. Yesterday, today, last year: same outfit, same face. cut, cut, cut. put, put, put. Officer Bonk once stared at hit for an hour waiting for it to turn into "hitted". It never did. Detectives call it laziness. The gang calls it efficiency.
🔎 How to spot one: A short verb ending in -t that never changes: base, past and participle are identical.
Irregular verbs come in gangs that change the same way. Learn one and you can guess the rest of the gang:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| cut | cut | cut |
| put | put | put |
| hit | hit | hit |
| let | let | let |
| set | set | set |
| shut | shut | shut |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
Questions about set
What is the past tense of set?
The past simple of "set" is "set". Example: I set my alarm and ignored it.
What is the past participle of set?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "set" is "set", as in "I have set".
What are the 3 forms of set?
V1 set, V2 set, V3 set.
Is set a regular or an irregular verb?
"set" is an irregular verb: the past is not "setted" but "set".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de set?
"set" significa "poner, fijar". Pasado: set. Participio: set.