hang
Base form
hang
/hæŋ/
Past simple
hung
/hʌŋ/
Past participle
hung
/hʌŋ/
MeaningB1
to put something up on a hook or wall
to hang by a thread
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Hang your coat on the hook by the door.
- After a modal verb · Form 1Can you help me hang these curtains this afternoon?
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday I hung the washing out in the garden.
- Past simple · Form 2Last month Priya hung a huge mirror in her living room.
- Passive · Form 3Her paintings are hung in a small gallery in Bath.
- Past perfect · Form 3Someone had hung a sign on the door saying ‘Back in five minutes’.
Watch out
Pictures and coats are hung, never hunged; hanged is used only for executing a person.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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