VERBONKSPlay freeStand past tense and past participlestand · stood · stood
The past participle (the 3rd form) of stand is stood and the past simple is stood. The three forms are stand, stood, stood. Not "standed"! stand is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Stand in a sentence
We stood in line for an hour.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I stand · she stands |
| Present continuous | I am standing · they are standing |
| Past simple | I stood · she stood · they stood |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't stand · she didn't stand |
| Past simple, question | Did you stand? · Did she stand? |
| Present perfect | I have stood · she has stood |
| Past perfect | I had stood |
| Future | I will stand |
Common mistakes with stand
✗ I standed✓ I stood✗ I didn't stood✓ I didn't stand✗ Did you stood?✓ Did you stand?✗ I have stand✓ I have stood
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
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stand significa estar de pie. Pasado: stood. Participio: stood.
🤪 stand 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 stand
What is the past tense of stand?
The past simple of "stand" is "stood". Example: We stood in line for an hour.
What is the past participle of stand?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "stand" is "stood", as in "I have stood".
What are the 3 forms of stand?
V1 stand, V2 stood, V3 stood.
Is stand a regular or an irregular verb?
"stand" is an irregular verb: the past is not "standed" but "stood".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de stand?
"stand" significa "estar de pie". Pasado: stood. Participio: stood.