Kneel: kneel – knelt/kneeled – knelt/kneeled

Irregular verb, level B2.

B2 · Upper-intermediate
Base form (V1)kneel
Past simple (V2)knelt / kneeled
Past participle (V3)knelt / kneeled

Meaning

Go down on your knees.

Examples for each form

Base form (V1)
I kneel down to tie my shoes.

Past simple (V2)
He knelt next to the child.

Past participle (V3)
She has knelt down to talk to the child.

Check yourself

Write the past simple and the past participle of kneel.

Verbs that change the same way

Regular -ed or irregular -t, both are used

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