Past tense of affect
regular verb
The past tense of affect is affected. The past participle is also affected.
Forms of affect
| Base form (V1) | affect /əˈfɛkt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | affected /əˈfɛktɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | affected /əˈfɛktɪd/ |
| Present participle | affecting /əˈfɛktɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | affects |
Affected in a sentence
- The experience affected me deeply.
- The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.
- The election has affected our society, for it has effected major changes in the government.From the entry effect
- The bad news affected me worse than it did my brother.From the entry worse
- A bus bridge is being put in place for the stations affected by the recent train derailment.From the entry bus bridge
Meaning of affect
- verb To influence or alter.
- verb To move to emotion.
- verb Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
Questions about the past tense of affect
- What is the past tense of affect?
- The past tense of affect is affected.
- What is the past participle of affect?
- The past participle of affect is affected.
- Is affect a regular or irregular verb?
- Affect is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: affect (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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