The English verb 'content' is pronounced as [kənˈtent].
Related to:
regular verbs.
3 forms of verb content: Infinitive (content), Past Simple - (contented), Past Participle - (contended).
Here are the past tense forms of the verb content
👉 Forms of verb content in future and past simple and past participle.
❓ What is the past tense of content.
Content: Past, Present, and Participle Forms
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| content [kənˈtent] |
contented [kənˈtentid] |
contended [kənˈtentid] |
What are the 2nd and 3rd forms of the verb content?
🎓 What are the past simple, future simple, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect forms of the base form (infinitive) 'content'?
Learn the three forms of the English verb 'content'
- the first form (V1) is 'content' used in present simple and future simple tenses.
- the second form (V2) is 'contented' used in past simple tense.
- the third form (V3) is 'contended' used in present perfect and past perfect tenses.
What are the past tense and past participle of content?
The past tense and past participle of content are: content in past simple is contented, and past participle is contended.
What is the past tense of content?
The past tense of the verb "content" is "contented", and the past participle is "contended".
Verb Tenses
Past simple — content in past simple contented
(V2).
Future simple — content in future simple is content (will + V1).
Present Perfect — content in present perfect tense is
contended
(have/has + V3).
Past Perfect — content in past perfect tense is
contended
(had + V3).
content regular or irregular verb?
👉 Is 'content' a regular or irregular verb? The verb 'content' is regular verb.
Examples of Verb content in Sentences
- She contented herself with a short reply (Past Simple)
- David contented himself with a simple sandwich (Past Simple)
- John will content himself with knowing that his wife knows everything (Future Simple)
- I will content myself with saying that some of the documents were falsified (Future Simple)
- We are contented to welcome you here again (Present Simple)
- Sam had been contented to stay indoors reading or writing letters (Past Perfect)
- So far, they have been contented with that (Present Perfect)
- I am perfectly contented with the current situation (Present Simple)
- They will be contented with having performed their tasks (Future Simple)
- Poor children are contented with one meal daily (Present Simple)
- Are you being contented with what you have? (Present Continuous)
