send
Base form
send
/send/
Past simple
sent
/sent/
Past participle
sent
/sent/
MeaningA1
to make something go to a person or place
to send someone a text
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Could you send me the photos from the party?
- Negative · Form 1Don’t send that email until you’ve checked the spelling.
- Past simple · Form 2I sent my brother a birthday card last week, but it hasn’t arrived.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the school sent all the parents a letter about the trip.
- Passive · Form 3The parcel was sent to the wrong address in Bristol.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you sent your application to the university yet?
Watch out
Like lend — lent and spend — spent, send ends in -t: sent. Sended is the usual slip, and so is sented.
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