set
Base form
set
/set/
Past simple
set
/set/
Past participle
set
/set/
MeaningB1
to put something in position or make it ready
to set an alarm for six
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Can you set the alarm for half past six tomorrow?
- Negative · Form 1Don’t set the oven too high or the cake will burn.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night I set my alarm for six and still overslept.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Tom set the table while Maria finished cooking.
- Passive · Form 3The date for the wedding has been set for next June.
- Present perfect · Form 3Leo has set himself a goal of cycling to work every day.
Watch out
You set something down, but you sit down yourself: I set on the sofa → I sat on the sofa.
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