Sweep: sweep – swept – swept

Irregular verb, level B1.

B1 · Intermediate
Base form (V1)sweep
Past simple (V2)swept
Past participle (V3)swept

Meaning

To clean a floor with a brush.

Examples for each form

Base form (V1)
I sweep the kitchen floor every morning.

Past simple (V2)
She swept the floor after dinner.

Past participle (V3)
He has swept the leaves from the yard.

Check yourself

Write the past simple and the past participle of sweep.

Verbs that change the same way

The long vowel becomes short

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