The English verb 'listen in' is pronounced as ['lɪs(ə)n'ɪn].
Related to:
regular verbs,
phrasal verb.
3 forms of verb listen in: Infinitive (listen in), Past Simple - (listened in), Past Participle - (listened in).
Here are the past tense forms of the verb listen in
👉 Forms of verb listen in in future and past simple and past participle.
❓ What is the past tense of listen in.
Listen in: Past, Present, and Participle Forms
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| listen in ['lɪs(ə)n'ɪn] |
listened in [ˈlɪsənd 'ɪn] |
listened in [ˈlɪsənd 'ɪn] |
What are the 2nd and 3rd forms of the verb listen in?
🎓 What are the past simple, future simple, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect forms of the base form (infinitive) 'listen in'?
Learn the three forms of the English verb 'listen in'
- the first form (V1) is 'listen in' used in present simple and future simple tenses.
- the second form (V2) is 'listened in' used in past simple tense.
- the third form (V3) is 'listened in' used in present perfect and past perfect tenses.
What are the past tense and past participle of listen in?
The past tense and past participle of listen in are: listen in in past simple is listened in, and past participle is listened in.
What is the past tense of listen in?
The past tense of the verb "listen in" is "listened in", and the past participle is "listened in".
Verb Tenses
Past simple — listen in in past simple listened in
(V2).
Future simple — listen in in future simple is listen in (will + V1).
Present Perfect — listen in in present perfect tense is
listened in
(have/has + V3).
Past Perfect — listen in in past perfect tense is
listened in
(had + V3).
listen in regular or irregular verb?
👉 Is 'listen in' a regular or irregular verb? The verb 'listen in' is regular verb.
Examples of Verb listen in in Sentences
- Go through his stuff, hack into his e-mails, listen in on his phone calls. (Present Simple)
- The finger was instead pointed at the Russians for having had the audacity to listen in on and then leak that phone conversation in the first place. (Past Simple)
- The very first landline telephones, the inventors thought that they would be used for people to listen in to live performances from West End theaters. (Past Simple)
- We should absolutely not listen in. (Present Simple)
- Your government doesn't listen in on you to punish you. (Present Simple)
- I confess that I had already developed the habit of listening in on other people's conversations, and it was also very useful. (Present Simple)
- And the pirates began to listen in to see if they could find out anything they wanted to know. (Past Simple)
- I didn't intend to listen in on their conversation at all, but I overheard a couple of phrases that led me to believe that they were discussing the will. (Past Simple)
- He loves to listen in on the weather forecast, and change it to the opposite. (Present Simple)
- I was able to eavesdrop on the thoughts of others by focusing my inner gaze on someone's head while trying to get into the rhythm of their aura pulsation. (Past Simple)
