sit
Base form
sit
/sɪt/
Past simple
sat
/sæt/
Past participle
sat
/sæt/
MeaningA1
to rest on a chair or seat
to sit cross-legged on the floor
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Sit down and I’ll make you a cup of tea.
- After a modal verb · Form 1Can I sit next to you on the coach?
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday we sat in the garden until it got dark.
- Past simple · Form 2At the concert last night we sat right at the front.
- Present perfect · Form 3Leo has sat at his desk all morning without a break.
- Past perfect · Form 3Grandma had sat by the window for hours, waiting for the postman.
Watch out
A seat is what you sit on; the past is sat: I seat down → I sat down.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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