Whenever you are talking about something that happened in the past.
We light our lamp at sunset. -- present
We lighted out lamp every night last week. -- past -- We lit our lamp every night last week
Lit is also the past of light
"Had used" is the past perfect tense.
No, "have" is the present tense. (to have) The past tense would be "had".
I used the past tense to answer this question.
past tense is still used because it is still in the past
The word "best" only has a past tense when it is used as a verb.It is used as a verb to mean to surpass in achievement.The past tense in this case is bested.
No, "lighted" is typically used as the past tense of "light." However, "lit" is more commonly used in modern English.
Yes, both "lit" and "lighted" are acceptable as the past tense of the verb "light".
The past tense of "light" is "lit" or "lighted," and the past participle is also "lit" or "lighted."
Both "lit" and "lighted" are acceptable past tense forms of the verb "light." However, "lit" is more commonly used in everyday language.
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The past tense of the verb "light" is "lit" or "lighted."
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The past tense of the verb "to light up" is "lit up" or "lighted up."
The past tense of "light" is "lit" or "lighted" - both are accepted spellings.
The past tense of the word "light" is "lit" when referring to illuminating something. However, "light" can also be used as a regular verb with the past tense "lighted" when referring to lighting a fire or candle.
Both "lighted" and "lit" are correct past tense forms of the verb "light." "Lit" is more commonly used in modern English, while "lighted" is considered more formal.
The technically correct answer to your question is "lighted." The past participle form for regular verbs are the same thing as past tense. Light is technically a regular verb, so therefore you would use a past participle form (adding ed, d, t,) to the base form to come up with the past participle (past tense). However, English is a living language and relational words (nouns, adverbs, adjectives, verbs) have the ability to change form and meaning over time due to popular acceptance, culture, etc. so another acceptable and commonly used form for the past tense of light is "lit." The ability to use both lighted and lit correctly essentially makes the verb "light" both a regular and irregular verb at the same time.