slide
Base form
slide
/slaɪd/
Past simple
slid
/slɪd/
Past participle
slid
/slɪd/
MeaningB2
to move smoothly over a surface
to slide down the banisters
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Slide the window open to let some air in.
- Question · Form 1Did the children slide down the hill on their sledge?
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Tom slid on the ice and hurt his wrist.
- Past simple · Form 2Last week the car slid off the icy road into a field.
- Present perfect · Form 3Standards have slid since the new manager arrived.
- Past perfect · Form 3The book had slid behind the sofa, so nobody could find it.
Watch out
Slid has one d and a short /ɪ/: slided and slidden are wrong.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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