dream
Base form
dream
/driːm/
Past simple
dreamt / dreamed
/dremt/ /driːmd/
Past participle
dreamt / dreamed
/dremt/ /driːmd/
MeaningA2
to see pictures in your mind while you sleep
to dream that you can fly
In use
- Question · Form 1Did you dream about anything strange last night?
- After a modal verb · Form 1You can dream of a holiday in Bali, but we can only afford Wales.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night I dreamt that I was flying over London.
- Past simple · Form 2As a child, Ben dreamt of playing football for England.
- Present perfect · Form 3I’ve always dreamt of living by the sea.
- Past perfect · Form 3She had never dreamt that she would win the competition.
Watch out
Dreamt /dremt/ changes the sound but keeps the spelling ea: never dremt or dreamted. Dreamed /driːmd/ is just as right, and usual in American English.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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