Past tense of swim
The past simple of swim is swam and the past participle is swum: swim – swam – swum.
- Base form V1
- swim
- Past simple V2
- swam
- Past participle V3
- swum
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Meaning of swim
To propel yourself through water by moving your limbs or body
- ExampleThey swam across the narrow river.
Swim, swam, swum in sentences
- Past simpleWe swam in the lake yesterday.
- Past participleHe has swum across the river.
Common mistakes
swimmedswam. Swim is irregular, so it does not take -ed.He has swam across the river.He has swum across the river. After have, use the past participle, swum.
Similar verbs
Built on swim, with the same forms: outswim.
All three forms different, like swim: be, do, go, know, see, take, give, write.
Common questions
What is the past tense of swim?
Swam. For example: We swam in the lake yesterday.
What is the past participle of swim?
Swum. It follows have in the perfect tenses, as in He has swum across the river.
Is swim a regular verb?
No. Swim is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
