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What's the past participle of the word 'spend'?

2023-06-26

This is what goPenpal answered

The past participle of the word 'spend' is 'spent'. In English language, regular verbs follow a certain pattern in their past tense and past participle forms, but 'spend' is one of the irregular verbs, that doesn't quite follow the rules. Just like a zigzag road up a mountain, it takes its own path. So, while we would say "Today, I spend money", in the past tense it becomes "Yesterday, I spent money". And if you're describing something that has already happened in connection with something else in the past, you'd use the past participle, "I had spent all my money before I realized it." Kind of like being in a candy store, and before you know it, your allowance is all used up!

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