swing
Base form
swing
/swɪŋ/
Past simple
swung
/swʌŋ/
Past participle
swung
/swʌŋ/
MeaningC1
to move backwards and forwards from a fixed point
no room to swing a cat
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Swing your arms as you walk to keep warm.
- After a modal verb · Form 1The children can swing on the rope in the garden.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the gate swung open in the wind and the dog ran out.
- Past simple · Form 2Last week the match swung our way in the final ten minutes.
- Present perfect · Form 3Public opinion has swung against the new road.
- Past perfect · Form 3The door had swung shut behind us, and we were locked out.
Watch out
Swung, not swang or swinged: swing does not follow sing — sang, it follows cling — clung.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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