The English verb 'tread' is pronounced as [tred].
Related to:
irregular verbs.
3 forms of verb tread: Infinitive (tread), Past Simple - (trod), Past Participle - (trod).
Here are the past tense forms of the verb tread
👉 Forms of verb tread in future and past simple and past participle.
❓ What is the past tense of tread.
Tread: Past, Present, and Participle Forms
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| tread [tred] |
trod [trɒd] |
trod [trɒd] trodden [trɒdn] |
What are the 2nd and 3rd forms of the verb tread?
🎓 What are the past simple, future simple, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect forms of the base form (infinitive) 'tread'?
Learn the three forms of the English verb 'tread'
- the first form (V1) is 'tread' used in present simple and future simple tenses.
- the second form (V2) is 'trod' used in past simple tense.
- the third form (V3) is 'trod', 'trodden' used in present perfect and past perfect tenses.
What are the past tense and past participle of tread?
The past tense and past participle of tread are: tread in past simple is trod, and past participle is trod. trodden.
What is the past tense of tread?
The past tense of the verb "tread" is "trod", and the past participle is "trod" or "trodden".
Verb Tenses
Past simple — tread in past simple trod
(V2).
Future simple — tread in future simple is tread (will + V1).
Present Perfect — tread in present perfect tense is
trod,
trodden
(have/has + V3).
Past Perfect — tread in past perfect tense is
trod,
trodden
(had + V3).
tread regular or irregular verb?
👉 Is 'tread' a regular or irregular verb? The verb 'tread' is irregular verb.
Examples of Verb tread in Sentences
- She was very afraid to tread next to him (Past Simple)
- Which animal trod these paths? (Past Simple)
- He has never trodden in cow dung (Past Simple)
- 'You should tread lightly', said Walter (Past Simple)
- I will tread on this thin line and maybe I'll die (Future Simple)
- Treading through water, in the dark turmoil (Present Simple)
- He will come here to tread loudly like a lion across the room (Future Simple)
- Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams (Present Simple)
- We trod across the country in a couple of weeks (Past Simple)
- I'd like to tread in the fields, in the meadows and along the river someday (Present Simple)
