The English verb 'rule' is pronounced as [ruːl].
Related to:
regular verbs.
3 forms of verb rule: Infinitive (rule), Past Simple - (ruled), Past Participle - (ruled).
Here are the past tense forms of the verb rule
👉 Forms of verb rule in future and past simple and past participle.
❓ What is the past tense of rule.
Rule: Past, Present, and Participle Forms
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| rule [ruːl] |
ruled [ruːld] |
ruled [ruːld] |
What are the 2nd and 3rd forms of the verb rule?
🎓 What are the past simple, future simple, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect forms of the base form (infinitive) 'rule'?
Learn the three forms of the English verb 'rule'
- the first form (V1) is 'rule' used in present simple and future simple tenses.
- the second form (V2) is 'ruled' used in past simple tense.
- the third form (V3) is 'ruled' used in present perfect and past perfect tenses.
What are the past tense and past participle of rule?
The past tense and past participle of rule are: rule in past simple is ruled, and past participle is ruled.
What is the past tense of rule?
The past tense of the verb "rule" is "ruled", and the past participle is "ruled".
Verb Tenses
Past simple — rule in past simple ruled
(V2).
Future simple — rule in future simple is rule (will + V1).
Present Perfect — rule in present perfect tense is
ruled
(have/has + V3).
Past Perfect — rule in past perfect tense is
ruled
(had + V3).
rule regular or irregular verb?
👉 Is 'rule' a regular or irregular verb? The verb 'rule' is regular verb.
Examples of Verb rule in Sentences
- The dictator needs people to rule over (Present Simple)
- Alexander the Great ruled over a vast empire (Past Simple)
- The Court has ruled Paul Green's death an accident (Present Perfect)
- The queen has ruled the country for twenty years. (Present Perfect)
- She is ruled by her ambitions. (Present Simple)
- He sternly ruled his desires. (Past Simple)
- The country was ruled by a multi-party coalition. (Past Simple)
- For twenty years the country was ruled by women. (Past Simple)
- All her actions were ruled by her religious beliefs. (Past Simple)
- Her life was ruled by slavish obedience to her family. (Past Simple)
