GRAMMAR
The past simple and the past participle of feel
Conjugation of the verb feel:
Base Form/Infinitive without 'to':
feel
Past Simple:
felt
Past Partciple:
felt
Present Partciple:
feeling
Third Person Singular:
feels
Definition:
To experience an emotion or a physical sensation.
Example(s):
Drug addicts usually feel very depressed.
I was feeling sick when he came in.
He felt the fabric to see if it was leather.
Similar verbs
The irregular verbs in the table below have the same pattern as feel. They are:
- Verbs with the same past simple and past participle forms.
- Verbs like 'bend, bent, bent'.
Verb | Simple past | Past Participle |
---|---|---|
abide | abode/abided | abode/abided/(rare) abidden |
alight | alit/alighted | alit/alighted |
behold | beheld | beheld |
bend | bent | bent |
bind | bound | bound |
bleed | bled | bled |
breed | bred | bred |
bring | brought | brought |
build | built | built |
burn | burnt/burned | burnt/burned |
buy | bought | bought |
catch | caught | caught |
clothe | clad/clothed | clad/clothed |
creep | crept | crept |
deal | dealt | dealt |
dive | dove/dived | dove/dived |
dream | dreamt/dreamed | dreamt/dreamed |
dwell | dwelt/dwelled | dwelt/dwelled |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
flee | fled | fled |
foretell | foretold | foretold |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hold | held | held |
keep | kept | kept |
kneel | knelt/ kneeled | knelt/ kneeled |
lay | lain | lain |
lead | led | led |
lean | lent/leaned | lent/leaned |
leap | leapt/leaped | leapt/leaped |
learn | learnt/learned | learnt/learned |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
light | lighted/lit | lighted/lit |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
mislead | misled | misled |
misspell | misspelt/misspelled | misspelt/misspelled |
misunderstand | misunderstood | misunderstood |
pay | paid | paid |
rid | rid/ridded | rid/ridded |
say | said | said |
seek | sought | sought |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
shine | shone | shone |
shoe | shod/shoed | shod/shoed |
shoot | shot | shot |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
slide | slid | slid |
smell | smelt/smelled | smelt/smelled |
speed | sped/speeded | sped/speeded |
spell | spelt | spelt |
spend | spent | spent |
spill | spilt/spilled | spilt/spilled |
spoil | spoilt/spoiled | spoilt/spoiled |
stand | stood | stood |
strip | stript/stripped | stript/stripped |
sweep | swept | swept |
teach | taught | taught |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
unbind | unbound | unbound |
understand | understood | understood |
unwind | unwound | unwound |
win | won | won |
wind | wound | wound |
withhold | withheld | withheld |
withstand | withstood | withstood |