Light: light – lit/lighted – lit/lighted

Irregular verb, level A1.

A1 · Beginner
Base form (V1)light
Past simple (V2)lit / lighted
Past participle (V3)lit / lighted

Meaning

To make something burn, or to make a place bright.

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Examples for each form

Base form (V1)
Please light the candle on the table.

Past simple (V2)
My brother lit a fire by the lake.

Past participle (V3)
She has lit all the lamps in the room.

Check yourself

Write the past simple and the past participle of light.

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