string
Base form
string
/strɪŋ/
Past simple
strung
/strʌŋ/
Past participle
strung
/strʌŋ/
MeaningC1
to hang or tie things in a line, or put them on a thread
to string beads on a thread
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1We could string some lights along the fence.
- Question · Form 1Can you string these beads for me?
- Past simple · Form 2Last Christmas Dad strung lights all over the house.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the kids strung paper flags across the garden.
- Passive · Form 3Washing lines were strung between the houses.
- Past perfect · Form 3Someone had strung a rope across the path.
Watch out
Strung with a u: lights strung across the street. Stringed is an adjective (a stringed instrument), and strang is wrong.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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