buy
Base form
buy
/baɪ/
Past simple
bought
/bɔːt/
Past participle
bought
/bɔːt/
MeaningA1
to get something by paying for it
to buy in bulk
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Should I buy a return ticket or two singles?
- Negative · Form 1We don’t buy bottled water any more, we use a filter.
- Past simple · Form 2Last Saturday Leo bought a second-hand bike for fifty pounds.
- Past simple · Form 2I bought these trainers in the sales in January.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you bought a present for Mum’s birthday yet?
- Passive · Form 3Most of our furniture was bought from a charity shop.
Watch out
Bought has no r: it is the past of buy, and brought comes from bring. I brought it in a sale → I bought it in a sale.
Same pattern
-ought / -aughtForms two and three end in -ought or -aught
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