Smell: smell – smelled/smelt – smelled/smelt
Irregular verb, level A1.
Base form (V1)smell
Past simple (V2)smelled / smeltBrE
Past participle (V3)smelled / smeltBrE
Meaning
To use your nose.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
I can smell fresh bread from here.
Past simple (V2)
She smelled the flowers in the garden.
Past participle (V3)
I have smelled that perfume before.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of smell.
Verbs that change the same way
Regular -ed or irregular -t, both are used
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