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Past Tense of Put: The word put is an irregular verb. It is the same in all three forms. The past tense of the verb put is put.
The verb put means to move or place anything into or out of a specific location. It also means bringing something into a particular state or condition.
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The following are the six forms of the verb put.
Active Voice
Infinitive: to put
Perfect Infinitive: to have put
Present or Base Form (V1): Put
Past Simple or Second Form (V2): Put
Past Participle or Third Form (V3): Put
Present Participle or -ing Form: Putting
Passive Voice
Infinitive: to be putÂ
Present Participle: being put
Perfect Infinitive: to have been putÂ
Past Participle: been put
Conjugation of the Verb Put in Active and Passive (Indicative Mood)
Simple Present  (Active)
- I/We/You/They put
- He/She/It puts
Simple Present  (Passive)
- I am put
- We/You/They are put
- He/She/It is put
Future Simple  (Active)
- I/We/You/They/ He/She/It will put
Future Simple  (Passive)
- I/We shall be put
- You/They will be put
- He/She/It is put
Simple Past  (Active)
- I/We/You/They/ He/She/It putÂ
Simple Past  (Passive)
- I/ He/She/It was putÂ
- We/You/They/ were put
Present Continuous  (Active)
- I am puttingÂ
- We/You are puttingÂ
- He/She/It is putting they are putting
Present Continuous  (Passive)
- I am being putÂ
- We/You/ They are being putÂ
- He/She/It is being putÂ
Past Continuous  (Active)
- I/He/She/It was puttingÂ
- We/You/They were puttingÂ
Past Continuous  (Passive)
- I/He/She/It was being putÂ
- We/You/They were being putÂ
Future Continuous  (Active)
- I/We/You/They/He (She, It) will be putting
Future Continuous  (Passive)
- I/We/You/They/He (She, It) will be being put
Present Perfect Tense (Active)
- I have putÂ
- We/You/They have putÂ
- He (She, It) has putÂ
Present Perfect Tense (Passive)
- I/We/You/They have been putÂ
- He (She, It) has been putÂ
Past Perfect Tense (Active)
- I/We/You/They/He (She, It) had putÂ
Past Perfect Tense (Passive)
- I/We/You/They/He (She, It) had been putÂ
Future Perfect Tense (Active)
- I/We/You/They/He (She, It) will have putÂ
Future Perfect Tense (Passive)
- I/We/You/They will have been putting
- He (She, It) will have been puttingÂ
Present Perfect ContinuousÂ
- I/We/You/They have been PuttingÂ
- He (She, It) has been PuttingÂ
Past Perfect ContinuousÂ
- I/We/You/They/He (She, It) had been PuttingÂ
Future Perfect ContinuousÂ
- I/We/You/They/He (She, It) will have been PuttingÂ
Conjugation of the Verb Put in Active and Passive (Subjunctive Mood)
Present Simple Tense (Active)Â
- If + I/We/You/They/He (She, It) putÂ
Present Simple Tense (Passive)Â
- If + I/We/You/They/He (She, It) be putÂ
Past Simple Tense (Active)
- If + I/We/You/They/He (She, it) putÂ
Past Simple Tense (Passive)
- If + I/We/You/They/He (She, It) were putÂ
Future Simple Tense (Active)
- If + I/We/You/They/ He (She, It) should putÂ
Future Simple Tense (Passive)
- If + I/We/You/They/He (She, It) should be putÂ
Use of Put in English Sentences
- He always puts his phone in the bag.
- The student puts the computer on his table.
- They are putting something on the stage.
- The boy was putting his shoes in the cupboard.Â
- Where has she put the books?Â
- Why doesn’t he put the chair against the wall?
- I put my hands over his shoulders.Â
- If you put together red and blue paint, you get purple.Â
- This exam puts me in a challenging position.Â
FAQ About the Verb Put
Question: Is putted past tense of put?
Answer: No, its past tense is put.
Question: What is the third form of put?
Answer: The third form or V3 or past participle of put is put.
Question: What is future tense for put?
Answer: See above the conjugation of the verb put.
Question: What is the V1 V2 V3 V4?
Answer: V1, V2 V3 refer to the four verb forms. V1 means base form, V2 means past form, V3 means past participle, and V4 means present participle or -ing form.
Question: What are irregular verbs?
Answer: Verbs that do not take –d, -ed, or -ied at the end to form the past simple or past participle are called irregular verbs.