fly
Base form
fly
/flaɪ/
Past simple
flew
/fluː/
Past participle
flown
/fləʊn/
MeaningA1
to travel through the air
to fly a kite
In use
- Question · Form 1Did you fly to Spain or drive all the way?
- After a modal verb · Form 1We could fly to Edinburgh instead of taking the train.
- Past simple · Form 2Last summer we flew to Lisbon for a week.
- Past simple · Form 2A bird flew into the kitchen through the open window this morning.
- Present perfect · Form 3Priya has never flown on a plane before.
- Past perfect · Form 3By the age of ten, Ben had flown to five countries.
Watch out
Don’t mix flown (fly) with flowed (flow): a plane has flown, a river has flowed. Never flyed or flewn.
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