Past tense of sleep
The past simple of sleep is slept and the past participle is slept: sleep – slept – slept.
- Base form V1
- sleep
- Past simple V2
- slept
- Past participle V3
- slept
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Meaning of sleep
To rest with closed eyes while the body is inactive and the mind is not conscious
- ExampleThe baby slept peacefully for six hours.
Sleep, slept, slept in sentences
- Past simpleThe baby slept well.
- Past participleI have slept well.
Common mistakes
sleepedslept. Sleep is irregular, so it does not take -ed.
Similar verbs
Built on sleep, with the same forms: oversleep.
Past simple and past participle the same, like sleep: have, make, think, say, find, feel, keep, tell.
Common questions
What is the past tense of sleep?
Slept. For example: The baby slept well.
What is the past participle of sleep?
Slept. It follows have in the perfect tenses, as in I have slept well.
Is sleep a regular verb?
No. Sleep is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
