hit
Base form
hit
/hɪt/
Past simple
hit
/hɪt/
Past participle
hit
/hɪt/
MeaningA2
to touch something hard and with force
to hit the nail on the head
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t hit the ball too hard or it’ll go over the fence.
- Question · Form 1Did you hit your head when you fell?
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday a storm hit the south coast of England.
- Past simple · Form 2Last week Ben hit his head on a low beam in the pub.
- Passive · Form 3Our street was hit by a power cut on Monday night.
- Present perfect · Form 3The new song has hit number one in ten countries.
Watch out
Hit looks like the present, so the time word tells you: Yesterday the storm hit the coast. Hitted does not exist.
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