Light: light – lit/lighted – lit/lighted
Irregular verb, level A1.
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.
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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Past simple and past participle are the same
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