ring
Base form
ring
/rɪŋ/
Past simple
rang
/ræŋ/
Past participle
rung
/rʌŋ/
MeaningA2
to phone someone, or make a bell sound
that rings a bell
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Ring me when you get to the station.
- Question · Form 1Did the doorbell ring while I was in the shower?
- Past simple · Form 2My phone rang three times during the meeting this morning.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night Grandma rang to say she was coming for Christmas.
- Present perfect · Form 3Has anyone rung the plumber about the leak yet?
- Past perfect · Form 3The school bell had already rung when Ben ran into the classroom.
Watch out
Phones and bells rang, not ringed. Ringed belongs to the other ring: to draw a circle round something.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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