VERBONKSPlay freeSweep past tense and past participlesweep · swept · swept
The past participle (the 3rd form) of sweep is swept and the past simple is swept. The three forms are sweep, swept, swept. Not "sweeped"! sweep is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Sweep in a sentence
Dad swept the floor and found my phone.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I sweep · she sweeps |
| Present continuous | I am sweeping · they are sweeping |
| Past simple | I swept · she swept · they swept |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't sweep · she didn't sweep |
| Past simple, question | Did you sweep? · Did she sweep? |
| Present perfect | I have swept · she has swept |
| Past perfect | I had swept |
| Future | I will sweep |
Common mistakes with sweep
✗ I sweeped✓ I swept✗ I didn't swept✓ I didn't sweep✗ Did you swept?✓ Did you sweep?✗ I have sweep✓ I have swept
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
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sweep significa barrer. Pasado: swept. Participio: swept.
🛌 sweep runs with The Sleepy Gang
ee → e + t
Every member of the Sleepy Gang has a long, dreamy ee sound... until they wake up in the past. Then the long sound snaps short and a little -t appears at the end, like an alarm clock: sleep → slept, keep → kept, feel → felt, leave → left. Witnesses say you can hear it: sleeeep... slept!
🔎 How to spot one: A long ee now, a short e + t in the past. Past and participle are twins.
Irregular verbs come in gangs that change the same way. Learn one and you can guess the rest of the gang:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| sleep | slept | slept |
| keep | kept | kept |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| weep | wept | wept |
| feel | felt | felt |
| leave | left | left |
Questions about sweep
What is the past tense of sweep?
The past simple of "sweep" is "swept". Example: Dad swept the floor and found my phone.
What is the past participle of sweep?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "sweep" is "swept", as in "I have swept".
What are the 3 forms of sweep?
V1 sweep, V2 swept, V3 swept.
Is sweep a regular or an irregular verb?
"sweep" is an irregular verb: the past is not "sweeped" but "swept".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de sweep?
"sweep" significa "barrer". Pasado: swept. Participio: swept.