GRAMMAR
The past simple and the past participle of misunderstand
Conjugation of the verb misunderstand:
Base Form/Infinitive without 'to':
misunderstand
Past Simple:
misunderstood
Past Partciple:
misunderstood
Present Partciple:
misunderstanding
Third Person Singular:
misunderstands
Definition:
To fail to understand something correctly.
Example(s):
He misunderstood his comments and was furious.
She completely misunderstood the nature of the problem we had been facing.
Similar verbs
The irregular verbs in the table below have the same pattern as misunderstand. 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 |
